Chapter 305: Dreams in Darkness of the Inglorious Survivors.
We pick off right where we left off last time, with the group giving various reactions to seeing just what kind of person this variant of Ben Auro from this universe was. Bugsy Aalto twitched like a rat, while one of the "Robins" Tim Drake sniffed his nose and winced." I know this guy's supposed to be a rat Batman but did you find him in the trash or something?"
Ralphel grit his teeth before the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle in body armor spat out," Hey my Master is a rat and even while living in a swear most of the time he does not reek this bad!"
Bugsy looked around and shrugged." Hey there was no bathroom in there and this Bat snitch had me locked up for hours so what you expect? Look I don't know who of you thinks I own you money but right now the Nazi's have like, everything locked down so you're going to have to ask or raid someone else's business to get what you want. I mean there was some close calls in the Prohibition times with all the bootlegging but you can't bribe these mooks."
Batman pulled on Bugsy's web bindings hard enough to make his target wince before the Caped Crusader of this world cracked his neck." You're not here because of what you have, but what you know. You wormed your way into the contact list of major crime bosses Bugsy. And you're going to get us into where they are meeting next, and help us get to them.
I know they are meeting with the Nazi High Command to try and get past the Situmpe Wall around Washington DC and" be on the winning side." You're going to help us get there so we can get past the barrier."
Bugsy looked around before he laughed. "You think I'm nothing but a rat eh? This a joke? You might as well just throw me off this damn cliff now since if I do this I'm good as dead!"
Sam narrowed his eyes before the man that was the embodiment of the soul of America walked up." You have a chance to be patriotic for once in your miserable life boy and die with honor."
Bugsy spat in Sam's direction before hissing out," "Honor" does not pay the bills boy scout! This country never gave me much of a reason to fight for it!"
Captain America grasped his fist tightly before he walked up." I grew up poor myself on the Lower East Side of New York City.
But I did not use that as an excuse to commit crimes. You made one wrong choice after another and now we are giving you a chance to make a good choice for once."
Bugsy eyed the "First Avenger" before he snickered." That's right…lecture me from that high horse of you'rs hero. So you think just because you grew up poor and stayed on the path of the straight and narrow it was that easy for everyone eh? You may have been poor but it's not the same when your poor, Jewish, and no one gives a damn about you.
Trust me…there's poor…and then there's poor and alone. You think I grew up one day and decided it was my dream to be a crook? When no one wants you for what you wanted to do, and you only have bad choices, if you want to keep breathing, you go with what you got."
"So your just following orders?" Hank uttered before the head of the GI Joes grasped his gun." You can tell yourself that all you want but that's not going to save informants like you. Those who rat out their own kind have a special place in hell for them."
Bugsy coughed a bit before he glared at everyone." What you think happens if a nobody says he decided things go too far eh? You think the kingpin ever nods and says that's cool? No…they laugh, and shoot you in the god damn face. And man the Joker can sure as hell laugh.
One of the few men I thought had my back, old Ricky tried to sell me down the river like it was nothing. Like I said, me telling the Nazi's they are wrong to kill people will just add me to their pile, so at least I can make tell them info so that it's not as bad as it could be.
We all need to decide for ourselves how much sin we can live with, and I decided I can live with enough to keep me out of the ground."
Wolverine growled before he had his claws pop out." You think we care that you think you had no choice bub? You may think you have nothing to gain but if you don't care about doing the right thing, we can give you a few more painful reasons to care."
Bugsy just spat at the X-men before he threw out a bitter," Those are nice claws but you guys are the "Good guys" right? No matter what you think you can do to me, I know that the other guys will do ten times worst for snitching on them."
Deadpool laughed before he took out his Katanas." Wanna bet? I'm more of a merch who finds bad guys a pain in the ass but I always wanted to go to town on a Nazi so if you want to play who can pin the tail on the donkey till he busts open all he knows then give me a blindfold and lets start the clock!"
Sam sighed before he closed his eyes." Sometimes war forces your hand. We are fighting for what's right but we have to do what we have to do to win the war."
Bugsy saw Wolverine, Raphael, Jason Tod, and Deadpool, and Batman all coming for him before he laughed bitterly." Sure…go to town on me but I'm not a snitch. I have nothing to lose other than knowing at least I avoided dying even worst! When your someone like me, and that's all the control you have on your life, you take what you can get."
Mike saw how bitter Bugsy looked before he winced, took a deep breath and yelled out," Wait hold on! Let me talk to him first!"
Deadpool paused before he raised an eyebrow." Oh you got a way to break him that's even more crazy eh?"
Mike saw Bugsy look confused before he shrugged." Just let me talk to him first, see if we can haggle out something. No offense, but I might know him better then you guys."
Tyson paused before he rubbed his head." You sure man? He may have your dad's face but sounds like that's the only thing he has in common with him."
"Maybe Tyson…but he's still my dad so I think I know how to haggle with people like him. There's been enough suffering going around eh?"
Calvin saw some of the others before he raised his hand." He deserves his shot. Just be on guard Mike."
"Sure...hey Alfred right? This Bat cave sure is decked out so does it has a few classes of water in it? Never had time for lunch yet."
The butler got two glasses of water and handed them to Mike before he drank his cup, then offered one to the man that looked like his father." Here...don't need you coughing half the time."
As the curly haired man walked up Bugsy shrugged." What…you think you can pay me off? You can give me all the gold in the world but it won't matter if I get killed before I can spend it kid!"
"I'm not offering you cash for now Bugsy, but I am offering you the chance to have pride. Just tell me, why did you become what you are?"
Bugsy saw Batman, Wolverine, and the others still looked like they were ready to go to town with him before he sighed." Well do want someone to write something on my grave. I just told you all that it was not my dream job, it was the only job I had where I could make enough to not be on the streets damn it.
Cars took my job as a horse around the city, and had to do Commodore" Louis Kaestner a favor, and after that, it was too late to do anything else. Tsc, let me guess…think I should have worked with the family to do something more legal?
When your mom dies from tuberculosis, and your dad's a deadbeat drunk who beats you before getting too drunk to forget he's not punching you but someone working for Al Capone and getting shot you run out of options real fast.
When you're too Jewish for the churches to like yah much, but not Jewish enough to be" a real jew" you quickly find that your only god is the don of whatever crime boss finds you useful. Thankfully I got so use to running around the boardwalk in Atlantic City getting scraps that I was useful enough.
So I kept running. Just wanted enough cash to have a gal yah know? Maybe it was not real love but hell what is love? Long as it was enough to bribe a real knockout to be my gal then that's more than I can say my old man ended up doing.
For a while, almost thought I could at least pull that off, till the world legit went to hell. Thought I could prove my worth with the new bosses but if the freaking Bat already caught me I'm already dead, and all I can do is choose my funeral."
Mike chuckled bitterly before responding with a gib," If that's all the place has given you sounds like you should have relocated."
"Piff...as if I could have moved without people going after me to gun me down and make me pay my debts."
"Yah? And want if we can get you a chance at a new start? What then?"
Bugsy eyed Mike for a moment before he rolled his eyes." This your first con kid? Half the fellas in the room want to see my head on the pike."
"Maybe...but that's just because we have bigger fish to fry and right now you're all we got. I can't promise anything, this war's more insane than you think. But, you said you had no options your whole life and now you do have options."
Bugsy looked around and let out a uneasy chuckle." Let's just say if I got banged in the head enough to trust your word just what would be the things I have to do to pay for this" Better option?"
Mike saw Tyson, Calvin, and some of the others nod before he shrugged." Like Batman, Spiderman, and all the other man's in the room said. We need you to help us get in to where the big fish are gathering to shut things down before its game over, and maybe a few other things after that."
"Other things?" Bugsy threw out bitterly." If I blow my cover, I don't have any other tricks kid. Much as I wish I had some of these powers and toys the lot of yah have my only special talent is being invisible, cause once I'm visible I get my face thrown through the wall."
"Hey I hear what you mean Bugsy. Might not look like it now but I thought I only had a few paths I could take to...but I took a gamble and it paid off. Sure...trusting lady luck to have your back all the time is asking for trouble. It's about knowing when's the right time to risk it all. You really have nothing left you feel worth is fighting for?"
Bugsy paused before he snickered again." Any family I have left would be happier if I did get shot. Have to go all the way back to Catherine Thompson...but that was when I was a kid. She, she does not even remember me now. Oh, I see her name in the papers but, she never wound speak to who I am now."
Mike shrugged before responding with," Well maybe not who you are now, but who you become? Can't say it's a sure bet but, if you don't try you will never get the chance cause she will be killed."
Bugsy winced before he took a deep breath." If it looks like you all just sent me out to get shot while you do your hero thing I'm bailing yah hear me? What do you have planned?"
Mike looked around before he shrugged." Well that depends on what you tell us eh?"
Bugsy took a deep breath before he rubbed his head." Oh hell...if it means I can see some of those assholes squirm before I get shot then it's worth a shot.
Your right, I have nothing to lose but I swear your regret it if you screw me over ok? Listen up...all the big crooks are going to meet at Arkham Asylum ok?"
Everyone looked at each other before Batman narrowed his eyes." They are going to meet at a prison? As prisoners?"
"More like to hand over prisoners ok?" Bugsy uttered tensely." Look...I sure as hell don't know what's going up with all those ships in the sky but I paid attention to what's going on the ground.
And while you all been playing cat and mouse with the Nazi's, they turned everything around Arkham Asylum in to well, one giant really messed up death camp. "
Calvin could not help but widen his eyes in horror." They turned an entire city into a death camp!?"
Mike saw how grim everyone looked before he sighed." Oh this is going to suck."
Bugsy nodded before he shrugged. " If I'm being straight with yah, I was doing everything I can to avoid being sent there.
It's a mega-prison that was constructed to house all the inmates from both Arkham Asylum, Blackgate, and Beloit.
Some serious ass kissers like Hugo Strange and Ra's Al Ghul are trying to out do Auschwitz in winning the most horrible place to die award yah feel me?
And right now, all these crime bosses are handing over prisoners to show they can give results yah get me? They were about to have some really messed up party at the Asylum were they are either getting a spot at the table, or are sleeping with the fishes eh?"
"And what were you going to do there?" The Scarlet Spider replied before Bugys shrugged." Mostly try and woo over whoever came up on top and hustle them enough to think I was worth keeping around ok? Not really where I wanted to go but its seriously an offer you can't refuse."
Tyson raised an eyebrow before he looked up." So half of this city is a death camp?"
"New York is not Gotham." Batman uttered flatly." At least in my universe. Sometimes New York seems to have aspects of Gotham City, sometimes it seems to have aspects of Metropolis. "
Bugsy groaned before spitting out," It's in Boston ok detective?"
Scarlet Spider snickered before spitting out," Yah that makes more sense."
Mike looked around before he shrugged." So, then we have the pitch eh guys? We have at least some of us be Bugy's "catch" and then crash the party."
Bugsy tugged the collar before he coughed." Hey what did I just say about only being on board to a plan were I'm not screwed? Someone sees that the guys I brought in attack and I'm dead!"
Calvin nodded before responding with a calm," They still don't know all of us Bugsy."
Tyson nodded before cracking his neck." I don't mind stringing these Nazi's along so I can bust their racist ass...just don't even think about selling me out dude."
As some of the others in the group nodded, Captain America grasped his shield tightly." Its good he's seeing the light, but we can't take any chances, the fate of all good men depend on us succeeding.
Are agent Juliana informed us that Helen Smith, wife of John Smith, the Oberst-Gruppenführer directly governing America has family that was arrested and may be sent to this Arkham City, if we can create tension it might give us an opening."
Sam nodded before he looked around. " We need every opening we can get son. Hank, tell the rest of the resistance from all over that the moment of truth is coming. In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the world.
And we will be launching the largest aerial battle in the history of mankind. "Mankind." That word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore. We will be united in our common interests.
Perhaps it's fate that today is the Fourth of July, and we will once again be fighting for our freedom... Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution... but from annihilation. We are fighting for our right to live.
To exist. And should we win the day, the Fourth of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day the world declared in one voice: "We will not go quietly into the night!" We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on! We're going to survive! Today we celebrate our Independence Day! Even the Nergos should get in on the celebration, they did their part."
While many winced, Tyson cleared his throat." No offense Sam but no matter what is different from one world or another I think we did more than are "part". Tell me...was the plan just to reward all the black soldiers by saying they did not have to be as segregated as they were before?"
Sam was taken aback by the Black Panther's sudden outburst before he cleared his throat." Now no need to get upset son, everyone who fights the good fight deserves honor. It's just that the,"
Terry McGinnis quickly got Sam by the shoulder and cleared his throat." I think we need to think about the future...not the past. Better tell all the soldiers to focus on that old timer."
"Batman Beyond" motioned Sam away before Deadpool sighed." Man that deflated the hype. I need to get pumped to kill Nazi's, this" Boston Tea party" is so already dead set on being a downer!"
Wolverine growled before hissing out," I swear if you make light of the kind of stuff we are be seeing your getting cut and jammed into a jar were you won't grow back."
"Hey I don't want to be canceled man! Trolling the racists themselves is still fair game right? I'm just saying I'm the kind of troll who punches up and some of those guys really lose it when you make them realize they are not hardcore "supermen" but weirdos!"
As Wolverine snarled Tyson saw the others tried to keep Sam from talking much before he cracked his neck." For as much as some liked to call this the " Good war" sure as hell seems more grey to those who were caught between the racist rock and the sightly less racist but delusional hard place."
Black Marvel walked up before he took off his mask to reveal an older black male with a conflicted look. The unmasked Invader extended his hand." Name's Omar Mosely kid. Just wanted you to know Sam's a good man, but just...does not see somethings as anything more than the natural order of things."
"Nice to meet you Omar, but people thinking bad stuff is just" The way things are is one lame ass excuse. I know I'm not in the time I was from and all that, just pisses me off how hypocritical people have been for so long. If people did not try and keep the lie going for their own gain, so many more people would not have to have suffered."
"Amen to that son. I only been getting the gist of this whole worlds coming together and all kind of Nazi's coming together but sounds like things do get better for are people in time right?"
Tyson paused before he sighed." In time...hell yah. Only problem is that people who use to be better off when not everyone was free don't care how anyone else feels and want to drag everyone back to the past, and would rather keep things a living hell then have to share.
Right now...that's the gist of all this insanity, a few jackasses that want to drag everything back so they can be on top forever. But...no matter what it takes we are not going back."
"Got that right Tyson." Calvin uttered as he and Doctor Who walked up." Trust me...I know it can be frustrating to see people suffer at the hands of the close minded and you want to break the system right away. But sometimes rushing in causes more people to suffer so you got to do it in smaller steps then you would have liked."
Doctor Who nodded before adding," As someone who spends her time all over time, to say human history and culture is messy is an understatement. Even those with the best intentions become as cruel as the monsters who enslaved them when they just want to share their pain. If things are ever able to move forward, it has to be beyond an eye for an eye."
Tyson saw how somber the members of the Multiversal Rebel Alliance looked before he sighed." I get what you mean. It was because my brother N'Jadaka, could only see things in terms of who was hurting more that Ganondorf and the rest of those IV &C pricks were able to string him along. We have to be more than that if there's ever going to be an real peace. But first, got to show those racists what happens when you laugh off genocide."
After seeing those around him nod Tyson returned to Mike to help sway Bugsy that him helping the Alliance was not sealing his death. As they did, we turn to those were in fact treating the most horrible acts of man as a joke, among with everything else.
As much as Bugsy seemed to distort reality to help him, he was not stretching the truth about how horrible the" Arkham City" Ghetto had been for those who were its" inmates".
At the moment the scene now changed to dozens of men and woman being forcefully commanded at gun point pass ominous black gates. As they looked around in fear they heard a deranged male laugh that was followed by an erratic," Happy holidays everyone...who's feeling festive?"
They saw the voice came from a male with wild black hair with pale skin and yellow eyes. He was dressed in a purple suit with a flower on his chest.
The pale man saw everyone looking startled before he snickered." What's with the frowns?
Why so serious!?
Not feeling the holiday spirit? Thankfully the Joker always is full of mirth! Jingle bells, Batman smells, Robin laid an egg, the Batmobile lost a wheel, and the Joker got away! Crashing through the roof, in a one-horse open tree, busting out I go, laughing all the way! But it does seem like you're not getting away eh folks?
Don't worry, the ride you're going on will be full of memories!
Memories can be vile, repulsive little brutes. Like children, I suppose. Haha. But can we live without them? Memories are what our reason is based upon. If we can't face them, we deny reason itself!
Although, why not? We aren't contractually tied down to rationality! There is no sanity clause! There is no sanity clause! So when you find yourself locked onto an unpleasant train of thought, heading for the places in your past where the screaming is unbearable, remember: There's always madness.
Madness is the emergency exit... You can just step outside, and close the door on all those dreadful things that happened. You can lock them away... Forever.
Something like that happened to me, you know. I... I'm not exactly sure what it was. Sometimes I remember it one way, sometimes another... and honestly if I'm going to have a past, I prefer it to be multiple choice! Ha ha ha!
But my point is... my point is, I went crazy. When I saw what a black, awful joke the world was, I went crazy as a coot! I admit it! After all do you know what triggered the last World War? An argument over how many telegraph poles Germany owed its war debt creditors! Telegraph poles! Ha ha ha ha HA!
It's all a joke! Everything anybody ever valued or struggled for... it's all a monstrous, demented gag! So why can't you see the funny side?
Why aren't you laughing?
Well, we will see who will laugh by the end of this, because the Joker customized Arkham Asylum ride is taking off! Wheel of in-morality turn turn turn, what is the lesson these sad sacks learn?"
He snapped his fingers before a giant spinning wheel with Joker's face on each segment arose out of the ground before the Joker spun it. The wheel laughed like the Joker before it stopped.
The man with the pale face looked at a piece of paper that came out before he snickered." And the moral of today's story is…never ask what hotdogs are made of...because today the answer is you! Got to feed the troops eh? Don't worry, you're not just being hotdogs, your being Joker Dogs that will put my smiling fish to shame! So thanks for being the punchline!"
"Wait...this is a mistake I'm a loyal Hydra supporter!"
"Sure Fred Drumpf ...you were just taking bribes to pretend to be a spy I'm sure! Time's up, hit the showers!"
The new inmates screamed in despair but could do little but yell out as the guards stripped them naked and shoved them in carts to be part of the Joker's game.
The clown saw the captives be carted out before he shrugged." Well that takes care of the opening act, but I got the impression that we have a show to remember eh?"
As the " staff" looked at each other a older male voice uttered a detached," That's correct. We are about to be delivered extraordinary specimen. I look forward to breaking them all. So let's welcome are guests...and see who will be leaving."
Joker turned around to see a tall pale man with a bald head and a beard before he rolled his eyes." So you say Hugo but I'll be the judge of that. Let's see what the dogs caught eh boys?"
He snapped his fingers before the gates to Arkham opened. Dozens of men and woman with their own guards walked in before Hugo Strange smirked." Everyone...welcome to Arkham.
On February 7, 1852, Cyrus Pinkney gave Amadeus Arkham plans to build the "greatest asylum the world has ever known". Amadeus named the Elizabeth Arkham Asylum for the Criminally Insane after his mother, whom he euthanized as treatment for her dementia. Yes...it's a place where the culling is done. So will you all prove you deserve to be part of evolution or part of the flawed past to be culled?"
The first to walk up was a bulky man in a white business suit with a diamond tipped cain. He narrowed his eyes before uttering," The Kingpin of crime is never part of the past. You can tell your masters that Wilson Fisk delivered as promised. Is that not right Alistair Smythe?"
A man in a bio-organic carapace with two cannons out of his shoulders walked up behind the Kingpin with a giant robot holding a woman in its hand before Smythe smirked." One, Elektra Natchios, a traitor to the Hand faction who tried to sabotage the war effort and give information to the enemy. Hand her over smoothly, Landon, I want to see her break."
As a man with the right side of his face being a monster next to Smythe before pressing a button, and the robot throwing Elektra near the Joker.
Kingpin then snapped his fingers before another woman with a missing leg was thrown into the pit to." This one is a bonus...my former leader of the Tracksuit Mafia repaid my kindness with betrayal, and so she will become a real Echo soon enough."
As a Karen Page was also thrown out another gruff male uttered," Piff...you needed all that tech for one woman ninja? I had to capture some spark loving punk and I did it on my own!"
A giant blond man with a purple dragon tattoo on his face stomped up before throwing a black woman with a crew cut hair style near the Joker before pounding his chest." Let it be known that Hun and the Purple dragons tracked down Anissa Pierce, child of known metahuman Jefferson Pierce even though it was in the territory of The 100, formerly known as El Ciento! Though it helped that we had a long time pest of our own leading us to her, is that not right April O-Neil?"
Hun threw another woman, one with long black hair in a yellow jumpsuit that looked like the actor Megan Fox to the ground to before another voice snickered." Feeling proud of yourself eh bigman? Sure that Neon Negro and his family have been a pain in the ass but I was after bigger prey, like Lois Lane!"
A pale bulky man walked up with the journalist of the Daily Planet bound before Anissa rolled over and glared at the man." Tobias Whale...you really are a sell out to betray your kind for these fascist assholes!"
Tobias just snickered before he spat at Anissa." No, I love black people. I hate incompetent, thick-lipped, scratch-where-it-don't-itch Negroes like you. You're not dragging me off from where I deserve."
A gruff female voice then cut in with," You think your showing anything just running up any troublemaker? I am turning in my own sons for their foolishness to show my loyalty!"
Everyone saw a woman in a tuxedo and a top hat thrown a pale man into the pile before the Joker raised a eyebrow." Penguin? You put on weight...in all the wrong places."
"How stupid are you clown? I'm Oswalda Cobblepot...and no one talks smack to the Penguin! I brought my offering, Elisa Maza the NYPD detective hanging around with those bloody gargoyles. "
As her men threw a bound woman of half Native-American and half-Nigerian heritage in front of Joker the clown shrugged."
"Oh it's a multiverse thing eh? There's been a lot of that the past few weeks but its fine, it's given me a fun show all right."
As the Joker laughed it off a stern female voice cut in with," There's a lot more going on than just your childish game you boor."
The Joker's eye twitched and turned around to the source of the voice, but was confused as he saw a woman in a yellow jester outfit. He saw this woman had a few men behind her before he raised a eyebrow." Harley? That you? Glad you ended up in this place after all I could use a number two that knows how I role."
"Piff...I am not your " Harley" I am Harleen Quinzel! I am no man's aide!"
The Joker paused before he walked up to look closer at Harleen." Did you get hit on the head again? Not really time for me to play games like that the Hyaenas need feeding."
"Bah...such a child. I'm not here to play games, but to punish all the rotten men who annoy me. The Kings don't rule this court anymore, the jester does!"
"The Joker looked at Harleen with annoyance before he snickered." Wait...your Asian? Your really not my Harley, just some cheap knock off made in china! Really now...backbone is one thing but you're dressed like a clown, and your boring!
Ugh...I'm not going through what that kill joy Sophija tried to do to me when I first got here, that only happens once!
Bah, this is the grade you get!"
The Joker took a slip of paper out of his sleeve and jammed it on Harleen's head. She yelled and ripped the note off before saying," How dare you act like I need your approval you, huh?"
She saw the note and raised an eyebrow." H? What does that even, heheheh, HAHAHA!"
As she suddenly started breaking into hysterical laughter the Joker sighed." If you can't even understand what a laugh is your beyond help faker. I mean you know what a joke is, right Alice?"
A blond woman with a outfit half like a jester and half like a goth walked up while taking out a pair of Balisong knives. " Well here's what the Wonderlang Gang 's punchline is Mister J."
Alice threw the knives at Harleen's face and hit her right in the eyes. Despite being blinded the woman in a jester outfit just kept laughing before the Joker smirked." Nice shot " Skin pirate"! Your look could use some work but at least you grasp the fundamentals. But as for you discount faker why there's only one cure fit for you."
He took out a gun and fired it at Harleen. At first a sigh that said bang just shot out, but a second later that shot out of the gun and hit Harleen in her throat. As she feel over the clown shrugged." I'm feeling nice Dent…what do you think we should do with her?"
He turned behind him to see a man with one side of his face burnt off flip a coin before he saw it landed on tales and shrugged." Its below for her eh Riddler?"
A man in a green suit with a hat snickered before he made a dramatic gesture." If you are justice, please do not lie! What is the price for your blind eye? The answer…everything!"
Her body was thrown below, where three humanoid lizards and a humanoid white shark all ripped her body to pieces.
Joker saw her head be devoured by the " Killer Croc" and made a gesture to the crooks around him." Anyone else think they know more about humor then the Joker?"
Tobias Whale cracked his neck before spitting out," You keep your germ hands away from me or you're getting the bullet next got it clown?"
The Kingpin nodded before the robot behind him got in front of him." Yes...some of us are wary of your tricks, is that not right Bullseye?"
The Joker saw a man with a bullseye on a mask on his head in the distance aiming at him before he laughed." Oh...it's funny when they think they are prepared."
Hugo cleared his throat before cutting in with," Enough Joker, you proved your point. But we are here for far more than that. You're all here to prove you are useful enough. But a bunch of reporters and sidekicks are not anything to noteworthy."
As some of the crime bosses grumbled an older woman responded with," How about a direct agent of the resistance then?"
A woman in a regal outfit walked up before she snapped her fingers. A group of ninjas then threw out a bound man that looked like Spiderman, but with long black hair coming out of his head and an outfit with more Indian features before she shrugged." We got this man to confess he is not the Spiderman that's supposed to be from are world, but Pavitr Prabhakar.
We discussed a bit about his friends trying to meddle over some chai tea."
"What did you just say? Chai tea?! " The other Spiderman yelled out with exasperation. 'Chai' means tea, Bro! You're saying 'tea tea!' Would I ask you for a 'coffee coffee' with room for 'cream cream? Your such a racist piece of, GUH!'"
The Kingpin slammed his foot on the other Spiderman's gut hard enough to crack a rib before he snickered." Yes...he's as annoying as the other Web Crawlers so he's a Spiderman alright. Don't you agree Tombstone?"
He kicked Spiderman over to another pale gangster who broke even more of the bound man's ribs before Hugo snickered. " I'm glad that one of the five "fingers" of the Hand and its leader at least can perform as expected Alexandra. Alright, let's see just what the catch is, before we see who deserves judgment, eh Court of Owls?"
Some men in owl masks walked up behind Strange before the tallest of them uttered," Beware The Court of Owls, that watches all the time, ruling Gotham from a shadowed perch, behind granite and lime. They watch you at your hearth, they watch you in your bed, speak not a whispered word of them, or they'll send the Talon for your head."
The Joker just rolled his eyes." Ugh you Owls are such buzz kills! Just hurry it up so I know who is going to what show alright?"
As the various gangsters and crime lords showed there catches they did not pay much mind to Bugsy with Tyson and a few others that pretended to be captured with him. Tyson saw the members of the Court of Owls now looking around before he rolled his eyes." Now there are fascists owls to? How many groups are with the Nazi's now?"
"The hell if I know." the Ben Auro from another universe whispered." Just expect that the fascist zoo had everything at this point ok? Just don't give these guys any reason to jump us or we are screwed."
"Would help if you were not looking like your about to have a heart attack man."
"Hey I always look like this, if I looked calm that would make them know something is up."
"Whatever...just don't panic till we pull this off."
"Just prove you have something that can make a difference alright? And shut up they will start to hear us soon."
Tyson got on guard as he saw they were getting closer to the entrance of Arkham Asylum. While Mike and the others were not with Tyson, thanks to the powers of their allies they were able to keep watch from afar, very far.
Doctor Who summoned back her TARDIS to be positioned on the edge of the Arkham City Ghetto, before Calvin, Batman, and the others rallied around a blind spot. The superman from the Multiversal rebel Alliance landed in front of Mike, Batman, and the others before he nodded." Bugsy is keeping his part of the bargain so far, let's be ready to do the same."
Hank nodded before he looked at his fellow GI Joes." Will have to have the timing down to the second but that window should be open, right Snake Eyes?"
One of his men, a man in a black ninja like bodysuit, along with a balaclava and visor to cover his face.
The man with the rank of Master Sargent nodded before uttering a solemn," Move with the wind, and you will never be heard."
Leonardo winced before the humanoid turtle threw in," But what about the hostages? Are they safe? Is April really with them?"
Donatello took out a device before the Ninja from another universe shrugged." My scanner is picking up an April O'Neal, but not the one from my universe."
He pointed to a monitor in his hand, which showed the now naked April being tied up in chains by Alice before Michelangelo whistled." Man if my Donnie had a crush on are April he really would have a crush on this one!"
"Wait your Donnie is into a human? What's wrong with him?" Raphael shouted out with disgust. Leonardo sighed before responding with," Rather sure that's what caused those untrained counterparts of ours from another universe to get killed to.
Anyway, no matter which universe she's from, as long as she's not on the enemy team I know she still deserves to be saved so that's why we have to do this right. You sure you can get in in time Daredevil?"
A man in a red armored outfit made to make him look like a devil with batons in his hands dropped down from the ground before the man with the title of" The Devil of Hell's Kitchen" grunted." I can feel their heart beats, it should work. I can't let Fisk get away with what he did to Stick."
Michelangelo saw Daredevil's pose and giggled." Are you sure you're not me from another universe dude? I told you guys I'm hardcore when I'm serious!"
Sam tightened his hat before uttering," Now's not the time to try and prove something son, lives are on the line. We all due are part and just maybe we will not lose anyone. Jefferson, you ready to do your part?"
A black man with a beard in a blue and yellow suit of armor with a yellow visor over his eyes had sparks crackle around his body before he spat out a bitter," Whale killed people I care about and handed over my child to be tortured by those Nazi assholes...you bet I'm going to shut them down. Just let me shut down their power before they kill my child damn it!"
Jefferson's friend, Peter Gambi put a handout before saying," Calm down, if they know something is up then they will kill everyone so we have to throw them off guard."
Batman landed with a thud before he nodded." It seems we have the means to do that, if your true to your word Pamela."
The group turned around to see a gorgeous woman only covered in leafs and vines with long red hair kneeling on the ground. As veins moved around her she opened her green eyes." Oh calm down Batman. These loathsome men took so many of my babies away from me...I'll stomach working with you if I can see them burn before they burn the green first! Just get ready."
Terry nodded before the Batman Beyond grasped his fist." I'll go first...my tech will give me an edge."
Batman grit his teeth before snarling out," You will go only after I give the clear! You're relying on our tech too much to cover up for skill!"
Terry grimaced before uttering," Don't forget Bruce, I have more experience than you at this point."
"Damn it, this is my world so it's my rules!"
"Tsc...Bruce did not mention he was this full of himself at the start."
"I'm nothing like your Batman! I don't recruit children to fight in a war! Your Batman was a fool!"
Terry narrowed his eyes before retorting with a bitter," I can tell what he wasn't; alone.".
Sam cleared his throat before cutting in with," Now's not the time to argue over who is fit to be recruited to what when the war's already started boys. We just have to do what we can to make sure as many people survive it as possible. "
Mike looked out and saw some of Arkham City, and saw just how many were being killed or tortured to the point where there was a mountain of nude bodies being moved into a giant recurrence before he saw some for legged machines roll past people in the ghettos and suck them up into blenders in there base, before spilling out the blood from the killed bodies moments later before he grasped his fist tightly. "Damn it...no matter how risky it is...we got to risk everything to prevent everything and everyone from being reduced to "stats" for a few psychopath's charts. Here we go."
With another brutal reminder of what was in store in case they failed, Mike's group prepared to take off. As they did, the man that was his father from another universe walked up to the Joker.
The Joker saw Bugsy looking around anxiously before he widened his eyes." Wait...you really showed up Bugsy? Well I'll be damned...you managed to just be above Kite Man in the most pathetic gangster list! Of course...that depends on just what you have to bring. If you thought just bringing a few drunk hoboes you snuck up on counts then we are seeing the biggest joke today!"
As many of the gangsters around him laughed Bugys let out an anxious chuckle himself. " Nah Mister J I would never waste your time with that. After all bringing yah Captain America is no joke right?"
Bugsy pulled the hood off of Rodgers, Tyson, and the others that agreed to be the bait before the Kingpin saw this and narrowed his eyes." Captain America...captured by a man as weak as you? This must be a trap...there is no way you could capture him and his men alone!"
The Joker nodded before adding," He's not in Batman's league but he is still far more than a rat can handle!"
Bugsy saw those around him snicker before he let out an uneasy chuckle." Hey c'mon guys I just took your advice! These" Patriots" were running hard and fast from the pounding you guys were giving them and did not even notice that I blew up the wall behind them till it was too late to stop it! Then I put on those cuffs some of you used to block the super freaks super stuff and bada-bing bada-boom here we are!"
Some of the crooks just looked even more annoyed before Hugo cleared his throat." If this is true then why did no one know about the " Miracle " you pulled off till now?"
Bugsy looked at all the faces before he shrugged." Because no one would have believed me unless I could prove it. Besides...bragging about it would just get their buds to try and screw things up for me!"
The Joker saw the chains around Tyson, Rodgers, John Stewart, and the others in the group, not knowing that Doctor Who had tampered with the collars to only give off the illusion that they were working before the mad clown laughed again." Well guess it's true, every dog and every rat has his day! Won't deny adding these decorations to the tree will make this even more of a special day then before! Here Bugys why don't you dance for the occasion?"
Bugsy saw the Joker point a gun at him before he winced." Hey what is this? I thought I did what you guys wanted?"
"You did! That's why your not dying right now but you still have to work for your treat!"
As Bugsy anxiously did a jig, Karen Page was one of the ones tightened to the demented holiday tree full of bodies as decorations as she struggled, and moaned out," You assholes will never get away with this...the truth will come out!"
The Joker saw all the beaten, tortured, and defiant woman glare at him before he laughed even harder." Don't you broads get it yet? The truth is whatever punchline the person with the gun says it is!
No matter if it's from the" Daily Planet" the Daily Bugle, the Channel 6 News or whatever "Paper" you cherished the biggest joke is that you really thought all that stuff mattered! You think people ever cared about your words? Ever stop to think why you all only got attention when you covered gods?
Newsflash...they just cared about seeing the strong guys use us as punching bags! It was the story, not the honesty that got you attention! All you " beacons of truth " were…are just fancy ornaments! Why else are you the ideal tree decorations once your "unwrapped" eh? And, lets prove that eh?"
Hugo nodded before in a stern voice cut in with," For once I'm in agreement with the clown!
As we move into the final stage of Protocol Ten, I would like to congratulate all Hydra Empire forces on this wonderful achievement. As I look at the screens in front of me I can see that we are rapidly approaching fatalities of twenty two percent.
My projections show that within three hours, every single inmate of Arkham City will be dead and Protocol Ten will move into stage two. By the end of the month. You should all be proud of you part in this. We are the solution this world needs...if not what all worlds need. We are the future."
A new mad voice then cut in with." Indeed! So let's show these clowns just what their love of " Truth and Justice" amounted to!"
Everyone heard a burst of sick laughter before a man that looked like a green goblin in a purple outfit riding a gilder came out of a portal above the Asylum. Lois Lane saw the new arrival's sadistic eyes on her before she winced." Oh great, another of those freak goblins."
"I'm not just " another" goblin...I'm the Green Goblin!"
Osborn spat out as he caused the woman bounded on the tree to flinch." Not like you will live long enough for it to matter! But...I want to personally see the despair in your eyes. I will call this court to order! For justice, is blind no longer!"
He flew up and threw off a tarp to reveal a statue of America's Lady Justice, only with the Green Goblin face on it. As he laughed he looked down and grinned. "And I know just wear to start."
He flew over Pavitr Prabhakar before grasping his fist tightly." You may not be my Spider-man, but you're as pathetic as him! Show the whole world your true nature as you kill the people that defended hero's like you the most!"
Pavitr let out an uneasy chuckle before responding with," Hey now...I'll die before attacking such lovely ladies!"
"Heh, that's what this one said to!" Osborn sneered out before he threw a man bound behind him on his glider. He was another man who looked like Spiderman, only with an Afro on his head and looking more like a person who's fashion matched a British punk.
As this Spider-Punk landed on the ground he just chuckled bitterly." Hey do your worst fascist. Normally I don't believe in consistency with the sole exception of never giving in to fascist assholes. I'm never doing what you, GUH!"
The Green Goblin unleashed a spark of lighting from his glove to cause Spider-Punk to yell out in pain before the man on a glider laughed darkly." Feeling that confident eh? But the fun's just getting started.
Let's see how strong your convictions are, after I use the Neogenic Recombinator on you."
Both Spider-men winced as Osborn's glider glowed, and fired two beams of energy from its mouth at the front.
Both Spider-Punk and Pavitr moaned in pain, before they both suddenly grew two sets of arms, and transformed into Man Spiders. The Joker saw the transformed men roar and look at the tied-up woman hungrily before he laughed." Oh...this might live up to what I was promised after all!"
Osborn snickered as he crossed his arms." Oh...before the end of the day all the fools who had faith in such hero's as "Batman" Spider-man" " Superman" and the rest will be utterly broken!
We control everything and they have nothing but illusions...illusions that are about to be broken once and for all! So ladies...this is the last chance you have to tell me where the Allie forces are hiding before you're devoured by those who you foolishly thought would protect you! Like I just said, no one can save you now because we control everything!"
As the Man-Spiders prepared to climb the tree, just as the woman bound to the perverted Christmas tree started to scream, that tree started to shake and convulse before a furious female voice yelled out," You disgusting greedy men don't control everything, you don't control mother nature!"
Vines suddenly burst out of the tree to smash the two Man-Spiders into the walls hard enough to crack the Asylum gates.
Joker saw this and had his eye twitch." Oh come on! You're really this stupid Ivy? I thought you could take the damn hint and settle for what you could have got! If its about Harley then don't fret I killed some cheap knock off so its not worth it ok?"
Poison Ivy then appeared on a giant vine before she glared at all the men and hissed out," You think I wanted to be caged in your castle when I could tear it down?"
The Joker rolled his eyes before retorting with a dark," Well you can try before we just burn you to ashes!"
Suddenly Black Lighting flew out behind Ivy before yelling out," That' can't happen if your machines get fried first!"
Jefferson unleashed an EMP pulse that caused all the machinery in the Asylum to go haywire. Osborn had his glider fly out of the EMP's range before he snarled out," Which one of you fools failed to see them coming!? Kill them all!"
At that time, Rogers pretended that the power on his shackles stopped working before he ripped them off and yelled out," Its time! For freedom!"
John had his Green Lantern Ring fly into his finger before he became consumed with green energy." Let's see who's in chains now!"
He formed a green energy barrier around him and his allies to prevent them from getting shot before Tyson nodded." Time for everyone to be emancipated from your racist asses!"
As Osborn saw the Black Panther's armor appear around him before uppercutting the Punk Man Spider away, and saw the man next to him mutter," Concealed within the form of man- is the terror that is Etrigan!
As the man Jason Blood morphed into a bulky yellow demon and unleash a wave of fire at the energy beam coming form the glowing Martin Li or" Mister Negative, of the Inner Demons triad," Smythe and his " Megaslayer" robot was about to blast Etrigan from behind till a humanoid Gargoyle suddenly flew down and ripped the robot's head off.
He then landed with a thud before roaring out," Manhattan clan, lets clear out these scum! Gargoyles protect. It is our nature. Our purpose. To lose that is to be corrupt. Empty. Lifeless! Tsc, and I won't let Elisa be devoured by this madness! Hear me traitors to the clan, judgment will be brutal!"
The Joker saw some of the statues transform into living Gargoyles before his eye twitched." Ok seriously how did they hide like that? Who's a snitch?"
A cybernetic Gargoyle then landed down with a thud before roaring," You call me brother, Goliath, but we know better! I am no gargoyle! I am Coldstone!"
"Brother...I have no room for mercy! But know that the men who turned you into this will be far worst!"
"Its not just men who see you as a fool Goliath!"
The gargoyles winced as they saw a female gargoyle land on the ground besides Coldstone. She was clad in a gold tiara, a pair of earrings, an armband and an anklet as decorative jewelry. She also seemed to favor midriff-baring halter tops that hang off of one shoulder.
As she landed with a smirk Goliath narrowed his eyes." How could you stoop this low Demona? Xanatos was bad enough but this makes the Wyvern Massacre look like nothing!"
"You always were a sentimental fool. I'll take my clan and Nightstone Unlimited into the future, and you can all die with the past! Prepare yourself!"
As the two former lovers and the rest of the gargoyle's charged at each other, before Captain America got in front of Goliath from being shot. He saw the bullet came from a man in a skull mask on a ledge before he glared at the shooter." Your not having your way today Crossbones!"
Crossbones jumped down before he reloaded his guns. " There you are! I've been waiting for this! This is for dropping a building on my face earlier!"
As Cap blocked all the incoming bullets with his shield, Tyson saw this before the ruler of Wakanda grit his teeth." Turtles, Gargoyles, and everyone else is sick of this crap! You clowns fooled around for far to long, but the game's over!"
A man in a lion coat laughed as he took out a pair of knives." At last this is a true ultimate hunt! Only something like this is worthy of giving Kraven the hunter a worthy, GUH!"
Despite his bravado Tyson one shot Kraven with a punch to the gut as the Black Panther spat out," Get over yourself asshole!"
The Green Goblin snickered and prepare fired a pumpkin shaped bomb below at Tyson while his back was turned, but the bomb was caught in midair before Spider-Gwen swung by." Hey Norman...you can keep your gift!"
Osborn narrowed his eyes before hissing out," There is no Norman...only the Goblin! Still...that voice...I did not think you would be a Spider-man to girl! You should have joined me instead of wasting your talents with these clowns!"
While the Green Goblin had a barrage of razor blades rain down to try and cut his target to shreds, only for Gwen to use her webs to hurl a floor panel up to use as a shield as she narrowed her eyes."My life would only be wasted if it was a life serving you!"
"That's funny, since that's not what the last Gwen Stacy said!"
"Don't mess with me!"
"Hah...if it was a joke then what does that make them?"
Spider-Gwen's webs were caught by other webs, before she saw two others that looked like a mix of her and Peter Parker swing up. Gwen looked mortified before she stepped back." No...what...what the hell did you do!?"
"It's more like what you did! Sins past becomes your destiny...realized by your own children Gabriel and Sarah, my Grey Goblins!"
"Damn you Osborn!"
"That's a funny way of mocking giving your bloodline a chance to prosper instead of wasting away! Well, to each his own. I chose my path, you chose the way of the hero. And they found you amusing for a while, the people of this city. But the one thing they love more than a hero is to see a hero fail, fall, die trying. In spite of everything you've done for them, eventually they will hate you. Why bother?"
"Because its right!"
"Heh...then Godspeed then Spider w, huh?"
As he was about to attack spheres of webbing shot pass him. While the Grey Goblins took the shots and were suddenly consumed by the round " Impact webbing" that exploded to consume the targets on impact.
Scarlet Spider jumped in before he narrowed his eyes." Damn it…you really mess with everyone like this Osborn? You don't know me but you will regret it!"
"I don't know about that…I killed the Scarlet Spider in my universe boy!"
The Kingpin saw Spider-Noir and the Scarlet Spider back Spider-Gwen up before he narrowed his eyes." Today is the day all the spiders get crushed."
He was about to charge over before Daredevil jumped in and smacked him in the head. The man in red glared at his target before spitting out," Spider-man's not the only one who wants to see you go down Fisk! You harmed the people of this city enough!"
Fisk wiped the blood off his cheek before looking enraged."
I wanted to make this city...something better than it is. Something beautiful. You freaks took that away from me! You took everything! I'm gonna kill you! Take your shot!"
As Fisk caught Daredevil's charge and tried to crush him the bald man grinned." This city doesn't deserve a better tomorrow. It deserves to drown...in its filth! It deserves people like my father! People like you! You really think that this will...change anything? You think that a handful of fools in...silly little costumes...will...will make a difference?"
"I'm risking everything to make that be so Fisk!"
The Daredevil slammed the Kingpin in the gut as he refused to back down.
The vampire gangster Deacon Frost tried to stab Daredevil from behind only for the Vampire Hunter Blade to intercept him. The black man with sunglasses saw his long time enemy before he snickered." Some damn fools still are trying to ice skate up hill! But its over Frost!"
"Hardly Blade." Frost bitterly replied." I'm taking Vampires into the new world order!"
He was about to impale Blade with his spiked fist before another vampire in a black coat caught the blow. Frost snarled before spitting out," You dare betray me Michael Morbius?"
"Not all Vampires want to be damned like you!"
As his foe was distracted Blade jabbed a dagger in Frost's gut before he smirked." Guess its "Morbin' Time"."
"NOOO!"
Blade slashed Deacon in half, but as he did a arrow came down for his head. But before it could hit the vampire, a sonic scream knocked it back.
The " Daywalker" turned around to see the arrow was fired by a man in a black outfit with a hood and a bow before a woman in a black outfit with blond hair and a woman in a red outfit with a hood and a mask ran up. The " Dark Archer" landed down before he sighed." You should have stayed out of this Thea Dearden Queen...I'll kill my own child if I have to!"
The woman next to the red archer, Thea, grit her teeth before shouting out," How can you treat your own child like this Malcolm Merlyn?"
"You chirp without hearing a damn thing Black Canary."
"Laurel is right dad, this is so messed up!"
"Your mother built her clinic in The Glades because she wanted to save this city. It can't be saved. Because the people there don't want it to be saved.
"So you killed them all?"
"Yes! They deserved to die! All of them! The way she died."
"No...I will stop you!"
You can't beat your father! Yes you're younger and you're faster yet you always seem to come up short against me. Want to know why? Because you don't know, in your heart, what you're fighting for, what you're willing to sacrifice... and I do."
No one can stop what's about to come no matter how many of you" Vigilantes" crawl out!"
"Guess we will see!"
As Thea and Laurel went on the attack, Tobias Whale saw he could shoot the Black Canary in the back and smirked as he aimed his gun. Before he could a bolt of lighting knocked it out of his hand, and he saw it came from Jefferson before he snarled." You big lip bug eyed nappy headed nimrod…you just could not stay away eh? Well your sure as hell learning today where you stand!"
"Shut the hell up and never get near my family again Tobias!" Jefferson yelled out before he fired a bolt of lighting at the gangster. To Jefferson's shock the bolt seemed to have no effect before Tobias smirked." You blast like a wuss." He then tackled the man in front of him into a wall hard enough for Jefferson to cough up blood.
Tobias smirked before lifting Black Lighting above him." You need somethin' that hurts your nappy-headed neon ass. Let me introduce you to my favorite word. It's called "defenestration"
He prepared to throw Jefferson into where the humanoid fish were before Jefferson unleashed a burst of lighting to blind him. Tobias yelled before he fell over, and got impaled on a spike. As he yelled in pain he glared at the man he saw as a enemy for years."
To the end, I grapple with thee. From the bottom of hell's heart, I stab at thee".
He took out some guns before Jefferson winced." Tobias, don't. Stop! We don't have to do this. There's another way."
"For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee".
He prepared to shoot at Jefferson kid on the tree, before Jefferson blasted him with more lighting to have him fall and get devoured by the humanoid alligator man below.
Leonardo was one of the ones who saw this before he winced." Is that Leatherhead? No…he never wanted to be a monster like that!"
Donatello ran up before he winced." That Spider Noir Guy said that he had a friend named Doc Connors that was a human lizard too! I think they are being messed up by that Joker guy! We have to help them!"
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles saw a chunk of a building be thrown there way before Hun and the Purple Dragon gangsters charged at them before the tall blond man roared out," You should be more worried about not ending up as Turtle Soup by the end of the day! Its over for all of you!"
Michelangelo raised a eyebrow before shrugging." Man this Hun is a lot nastier then the one in my universe!"
"Oh that's what he is?" Donatello replied." I thought he was like, Rocksteady before becoming a mutant or something."
Ralph shrugged before throwing in," I thought it was Rahzar but whatever."
Leonardo sighed before he looked at the enemy from his own universe." Your willing to do even this for the Shredder Hun? You use to have standards!"
"There's no were to go turtle…no where to hide! It's either eat or be eaten and I'm not going to be on the menu. Besides…this is not even your April!"
"Does not matter…she does not deserve to be eaten! Come on guys, Turtle Power!"
Donatello nodded before adding," Cowabunga! Turtles fight with honor!"
Before Michelangelo added," Booyakasha!"
Before Ralph rolled his eyes." Let's go green machines!"
The Turtles all charged Hun before the Joker saw Snakeeyes fight his enemy Storm Shadow, the member of the midnight suns fight Mister Negative, and a few more and laughed as he saw how bitterly Spider-Gwen was looking as the Green Goblin." Well this might just live up to my expectations. But, just need to add a few personal touches to make sure this comedy ends in tragedy."
While he prepared to shoot Gwen from behind a grappling hook grasped his hand. A furious voice then cut in with," You had far too much of your personal touch already Joker!"
The Joker saw Batman land along with the other members of the Bat Family before he widened his eyes." I knew you would show up if I made a Bat-Signal big enough for you to notice! After all...before the end of everything I have to give you my killing joke!"
"After seeing what your jokes are today scum, I seen all I had to."
The Joker raised an eyebrow as he eyed the Batman carefully." Seen? You're acting like we never met. Wait...those ears...you're not my Batman! All I get is some newcomer that does not even know me? What a waste, I don't have time to make it personal! I'll have to add your debt to the Bat Credit Card!"
"Whatever that is it won't help you win!"
"Wait…you don't even know what a Credit Card is? How old are you?"
"Does not matter…I know a crook when I see one. Get the woman down from that damn tree!"
Joker saw Arkham Knight punch Two-Face while Batwoman kicked Alice, Batgirl punched out the muscular Bane, the one from the Batman and Robin movie, and Katana slice the ax of Professor Pig, as Red Robin punch out the Riddler before he smirked." To late, time to trim the tree!"
He threw a card to slice off one of the branches and caused Lois Lane to fall. Dick Grayson as Robin swung down while shouting out," Holy Sardine! Hang on I got you lady!"
He swung to catch her only for Killer Croc and King Shark to jump out of the waters. Robin winced before he quickly yelled out," You're some seriously crazy fish! But that's what the Shark repellent Bat-spray is for!" He took out a spray pain can and sprayed it in Killer Sharks' face. This caused King Shark to scream in pain before he collided into Killer Croc, and exploded, knocking Leatherhead and Doc Conners back.
The Joker saw this and snickered." You all do love to prep up as much as you can eh? To bad you don't have a anti doomsday spray because that is what the theme of the day is!"
Red Robin landed next to Batman before he narrowed his eyes." I know you Joker, and this is extreme even for you!"
Terry landed next to Batman as well before he cracked his neck." Trust me...it's better the less you know sometimes. A Batman with no history with the Joker is a blessing."
"That's for damn sure." Jason Tod uttered as he took out his gun. The Joker saw the various members of the Bat family surround him before his eyes narrowed."
"Bah...and what kind of boring Batman would that be? Please...I'm as vital to Batman as the sun is to the moon! Want to know why? Because I got back up from other universe's to! Alright boys...like we rehearsed!"
Some gun fire caused everyone to take cover as other people that looked like the Joker with sight differences walked up. One with a pocketknife licked his lip and uttered," Want to know how I got these scars?"
Another one with a gangster hat just laughed madly." Ever dance with a devil in the moonlight kid?"
While a goofier Joker with a beard just shrugged." A joke a day keeps the gloom away!"
The Joker with tattoos on his body licked his lips." Oh, I'm not going to kill you. I'm just going to hurt you, really, really bad. After all we live in a society where honor is a distant memory. But I can't wait to show you my toys!"
As another Joker with a red suit and longer hair let out a pained laugh." The worst part of having A mental illness is people expect you to behave as if you don't. But you all just want me to be your clown! what do you get when you cross a mentally ill loner with a society that abandons him and treats him like trash?
You all get what you god damn deserved!"
As a Joker with dreadlocks and a Joker with a tattooed smile on his face also laughed the original Joker made a dramatic gesture with his hands." A deck full of Jokers beats all! I'm the Loop-de-loop. The Hamster-wheel-of-doom. The cycle of pain each one of you is trapped in.
The criminal, the one more focused on goals and less interested in theatrics. The clown, the one who embraced a lethal campiness like a children's show host. The Comedian...the one with something underneath the smile that has a sadistic streak stronger then the others. Which one do you think I am eh?Then we have the psychopath, the thug, the EMO try hard, I told you my backstory was multiple choice! But no matter how we came to be here all Jokers lead to one path, to chaos! And today, we are causing the mother of all chaos no matter how many bats have to get whacked!"
Deadpool then ran up before he looked around." So are you guys suppose to be funny? I mean…I been trying to give you guys a shot but your totally not living up to the hype!"
Joker paused before he cleared his throat." And why should I care what you think? What are you Deathstroke's understudy or something?"
"Oh like hell am I the same as Slade! I mean I sure as hell don't sleep with kids like that asshole!"
Joker shrugged before shooting Wade in the chest." Good for you, you can die a " good soul."
While the Joker laughed, Deadpool picked the bullet out of his chest before he shrugged." Eh…that's not going to do it for me."
Joker gave off a sigh of exasperation before he looked at his counterparts from the other universe and shrugged." Do me a favor and tag out with this idiot? I don't have all day to waste with fools."
"Takes one to know one you, hey!"
All the other Jokers proceeded to dogpile Deadpool as the man in red cried out," Hey once my Deadpool Corps gets here we will see how fun it is to gang up on, hey not the face!"
Joker snickered before uttering," So now who wants to, GUH!"
In an instant Terry unleashed a sucker punch on Joker to knock him through the wall.
As the Joker coughed up blood he saw the Batman from the future appear and had his eye twitch." What kind of joke is that?"
"Fighting dirty." Terry spat out bitterly, causing the Joker to snicker in response." The real Batman would never,"
"Guess you don't know much about me then eh ?"
"Funny guy."
"Can't say the same about you."
"Impudent brat. Who do you think you're talking to?"
Not a comedian, I'll tell ya that. Arthur Fleck."
"Shut your mouth that's only the loser Joker's name not mine!"
The Joker unleashed a spray of acid from the flower on his vest only for Terry to dodge it, and casually backhanded the Joker with the dreadlocks into the pit before he shrugged." The "real" Batman never talked to you much, did he? That's why you were so fixated on him."
"Don't play psychoanalyst with me, boy!"
"Oh, I don't need a degree to figure you out. The real reason you kept coming back...was you never got a laugh out of the old man. "
"I'm not hearing this."
"Get a clue, clownie. He's got no sense of humor. He wouldn't know a good joke if it bit him in the cape."
Jason Tod punched out the Joker with the gangster hat before he snickered." The man's right."
Terry nodded before adding," Not that you ever had a good joke. I mean, joy buzzers, squirting flowers? Lame! Where's the A material? Make a face, drop your pants, something! You make me laugh, but only because I think you're kind of pathetic. You fell in a tank of acid, got your skin bleached...then decided to become a super villain. What? You couldn't get work as a rodeo clown?"
As Terry laughed the Joker's eye twitched." Don't you dare laugh at me!"
"Why? I thought the Joker always wanted to make Batman laugh."
The Joker then pressed a button before yelling out," You're not Batman!"
He then shot his acidic water into the pipe, before it erupted as a geyser in front of Terry. Batman Beyond yelled out in pain as he was blasted into the air, just as the Joker slammed him into the wall. The mad clown shocked Terry with his enhanced buzzer as his eyes twitched." Come on, McGinnis! Laugh it up now, you miserable little punk! Laugh!
You pack a mean punch with that tech enhanced suit of yours for sure, but I gathered up this really lovely chemical named Dinoensium that makes me come back from just about anything! Still think you know more than me " Batman Beyond?" I can't hear you! It really is true that modern youth has no sense of humor!
All the more reason to rip everything down and start from square one! I'm not just a clown McGinnis...I am the Comeback King! The Clown Prince of Chaos! The Jester of Genocide!
You thought you could just stumble into this show and end it? Now that's a joke! Know your place you punk!"
Joker prepared to stab Terry with a switch blade before Batman went to charge him. The clown eagerly intercepted the Caped Crusader's attack before he smirked at Batman's fury." You still care that much eh Batsy? How many can die in your arms before you grow numb to death?
That's just what I'm trying to figure out eh? After all...it's happening again, Bats. First you got Jason Todd killed. Then there was that gloomy Andrea Beaumont who already had one foot in the grave!
Now Mcginnis about to meet his maker. I know what you're thinking, and you're right. This is all your fault! You should come with a health warning, you know that!?"
"Damn it...no matter how sick you are...you don't define me...you don't define what Batman is!"
Joker eyed his attacker carefully before he narrowed his eyes." You really don't know me eh? Bah...if you're a Batman that never even knew me you're even less of a Batman then the cape-less wonder here! Well if that's how it is...then your just a bore."
A crowbar slipped out of his right sleeve before he slammed it across Batman's face. He smashed his target back before taking out a pie and smashing it into his face, burning his target in the process.
Joker then took out a card before he grit his teeth." Guess that's all folks!"
He prepared to go in for the kill before an even harsher voice uttered," The night's just getting started Joker!"
A Batman with a more armored suit got in between the two before the Joker raised a eyebrow and snickered." Wait...that's you Batsy? I must say I'm flattered...I did not think you would come all the way to me at the end of the world!"
"I care Joker. About Gotham, about Justice. And if it has to end. At least I go out like this. Being Batman! No matter how sick you become, the forces here will stop you!"
Joker saw Calvin, Tyson, and some of the others easily defeating the enemies coming their way before he just grinned wider." You think you brought doom to my suped up Legion of Doom hear? Oh Batsy...the Killer Joke is that you just brought my new wave of peons right to me! They don't know it yet, but they sure will laugh when they get the joke!"
Joker pressed his flower down before it glowed. Suddenly torrents of gas burst up out of Arkham Asylum like geysers. Barba saw the gas and was one of the many who tensed up." Oh hell, that much Joker gas?"
Mike suddenly had his aura flare up as he looked around." Yah...that's one of those things you know in an instant is not good so I'm taking a hard pass on this! Gyo, En, Kyo, Ken...Sainte Jambe!"
The lanky man quickly burst up and unleashed a round house kick at the ground, unleashing a surge of holy energy that spread out in all directions.
The Joker saw his gas be vaporized in all directions he glared at Mike." Who the hell are you? Killjoy man?"
Mike shrugged as the other enemies looked at him." Might as well go with that since not really seeing the need to tell anymore to fascist assholes who are about to get owned."
As the Joker's eye twitched a new female voice suddenly cut in with a deranged," Oh you want to play keep away? Then we will have to do something about that eh hero?"
Mike winced and turned around to see Cassandra Nova was behind him. He winced before getting into a fighting stance." And you are baldly?"
Cassandra smirked before she shrugged." Why tell you when this gets to the point so much better?"
Mike's head felt a surge of pain as Cassandra waved her hand, and her fingers seemed to go through his head. As Mike screamed in pain Wolverine sniffed his nose and growled." Wait...that scent reminds me of Chuck's...only so much darker. Whatever she is, some freak with Xaiver's powers is nothing good!"
Cassandra saw Wolverine and the others all come at her before she smirked." Silly barbarian, I'm not just " Someone" with your dear professor's powers, I'm his twin sister Cassandra Nova Xavier. To be more precise I'm a Mummudari, a parasitic life form born bodiless on the astral plane."
Deadpool raised an eyebrow before muttering," If we can just make up words now then I'm calling you a mother crackwozer!"
Calvin winced before uttering," No that's a thing Wade! The Mummudrai, also called Revenants, are a psychic energy wraith-like race of extra-dimensional origin. They represent the perfected anti-self of every being they're born alongside of in the universe, a malicious and evil species hailing from the darkest regions of the Astral Plane called Underworld.
The mummudrai have the inherent ability to manipulate genetic and cellular matter at a near biomolecular level to fabricate bodies of their own or hideously degrading the biophysical structure of others. They jealously long to reach the physical plane and usurp their counterparts' place in it, many having access to mental powers on top of all their twin's fullest potential on hand. She's another spawn of the Negaverse!"
"Bingo" Cassandra dryly retorted." While in the womb together, Charles recognized my presence and killed me, resulting in my stillbirth.
I telepathically entangled with Xavier, granting me some psionic powers herself, including the ability to exit the womb and create a body, with which I sought revenge on Xavier. But getting revenge on brother dearest was not enough so I decided moving on to everything he stands for sounds even better eh? And that leads us to the here and now.
You think you can take us all down without mercy because we are the" Baddies" eh? It's a special feeling, isn't it? Behind the mask of liberal respectability, with its safe opinions, we all hate the mutations. Don't we? How can it be murder when they're germs or vermin? But you may find that what's evil to you may be more flexible then you think, if you just open your mind."
Mike grasped his head before yelling out," Get out...of my head!"
The curly haired man's hair turned golden as he unleashed a surge of power, but Cassandra was not phased as she stayed attached to Mike's head." So your clearly not human...but human or mutant you can't keep me out."
Wolverine ran at her while screaming out," We have to shut her down before she scrambles the kid! If she is Chuck's brother then she has the same weaknesses as, AHH!"
With a wave of her hand Cassandra made Wolverine stab his own feet before she snickered." I have no weaknesses, Mr. Logan. Human and mutant ideas about good and evil cannot be applied to me. Like the storm and the flame, like the rocks and sky, I simply am.
I will humiliate and annihilate you all. They say you can't control what a person thinks... they say you can't control what's in a person's head... they say this because they're unimaginative, weak-willed sheep.
I am Cassandra Nova. And I can control what's in a person's head I can make them see red.
So now...Mike Auro is it? You do seem to be packing more punch in those muscles then those Super blokes…but to bad that does not do a lick to secure your mine! Don't matter how good your tool is if it's the wrong one for the job!"
Doctor Who saw the madness in the bald woman's eyes before she narrowed her own." All to true mate…but as proud of your mind as you might be don't think its not just a tool that can't be turned off."
Doctor Who once more pointed her Sonic Screwdriver at Casandra, and caused a shock-wave of energy that managed to make the crazed sister of Charles Xaiver wince. While everyone got relieved as Mike looked like his control was breaking, suddenly a new female voice cut in with," Oh to true good Doctor. Course…the same can be said for you."
Doctor Who winced as she saw a woman with a laser screwdriver casually sitting on the top of Arkham Asylum before she winced." No…not now! I thought the energy I was feeling was just the chaos of this world but it really is you, Master."
Tyson winced before uttering," Huh? That chick is your master?"
"Not quite." Doctor Who replied bitterly. "We were once classmates…and even friends. But while we both defied the Time Lords…this wanker wanted everyone to pay and decided to be called" the master of all matter". Still, did not think you were keen on being a toady to " inferiors" eh?"
Her long time rival shrugged before tipping her hat." For one I'm more in a " Missy mood" today Doctor. Besides. I always drezz for the occasion. Still, the fact that this war is one of humanity's most cherished memories shows how far gone they really are eh? This country has been sick, this country needs healing, this country needs medicine – in fact I'd go so far as to say that, what this country really needs, right now, is a Doctor.
Or at least this planet needs a Doctor eh? After all the human race… Greatest monsters of them all. I'm in no hurry, I've got all day. And I'm not going to kill you until you say…something…nice."
Doctor Who glared at her long time rival before grasping her weapon tightly." I'm in even less of a mood for your games then I normally am " Missy.""
"Well to bad I'm still your superior!"
"Maybe…but I'm not alone."
"True but well…neither am I! And this should be SPECTACULAR!"
Doctor Who raised a eyebrow before the ground suddenly started to shake. The sky turned white before a new unhinged voice cut in with," So who's ready for a story about Superheros eh?
Ugh. More TV superheroes, just what the world needs. Be honest, have you hung yourself yet? Or, what if I told you this was actually a story about super-zeroes? Losers, achingly pathetic meta-human goose eggs. How about it? Ready to feel better about your own miserable lives for the next hour or so? Follow me!"
A wave of energy shot up before suddenly a man looking like a human jig saw puzzle appeared above Missy and Osborn before Batman winced." Joker…what did you do now?"
The Joker shrugged before responding with," Oh I wish I could take credit for this but somehow this nobody made a scene all on his own!"
"That's Mister Nobody clown." The man named Mister Nobody cried out," Now shut up damn it! You hijacked the spotlight enough as it is!"
Rodgers looked at the new threat 's mad grin before he tensed up." Wait, I heard that a former member of the Brotherhood of Evil underwent an experiment by the Nazi's in Paraguay that looked like this man!"
Deadpool saw and shrugged." They wanted to make a guy look like all the sex organs put together? Well I like wild sex to but business before pleasure!"
Robotman moaned as he saw the new foe." No it's not like that idiot! Some asshole named Heinrich Von Fuchs was doing really messed up theoretical experimentation" on human beings before the Doom Patrol shut him down. We hoped the asshole's body fell apart but there goes that idea."
Mister Nobody smirked before spitting back," Oh…just had to rebuild a few things that fell apart but I'm more then ready to share the fun! But let's go to a place a bit more…white."
Tyson saw the sky turn white around them before he cracked his neck." This one of those Domain Expansion spells?"
"Worst." Calvin uttered grimly." Get on guard everyone, I think this new threat is a reality warper, and combined with someone with mind control powers this is going to get extreme."
Mister Nobody snickered before his eyes glowed." Oh we are just getting started. I'd say I'd kick all your buts so hard its going to be flying asses but it already is!"
With a snap of his finger the butts of all the defeated enemies are ripped off, form wings and form mouths like piranhas. Deadpool got bit in the arm by one and yelled as his arm got ripped off before he groaned." Ok even for me this is getting a little to crazy."
Negative Man saw Mister Nobody laugh before he pointed at him." We got to shut him down before he breaks all reality!"
"Oh…its already broken." The man with half a face laughed before the very fabric of space seemed to bend. Batman, both of them, charged at , their target looked at them before smirking." Oh silly Bat, your in my world now!"
His eye's flashed before both Batmen found themselves in the air, with chunks of the asylum now seeming to start floating before the older one said," Is this Crane's fear gas?"
The Joker laughed in the distance before the mad clown waved his hand." Oh Scarecrow's got nothing on this Batsy! Nobody hear turns nightmare's into reality! Can't say its not real when its as real as it gets! So don't you realize your going mad? Remembering is dangerous.
I find the past such a worrying anxious place. The " Past tense" i suppose you'd call it ha ha ha. But heads up bucko! when the world is full of care and every headline screams despair, when all is rape, starvation, war, and life is vile.. then three's a certain thing I do which I shall pass along to you, that's always guaranteed to make me smile...I go loo-oo-oony as a light bulb battered bug, simply loooony, sometimes foam and chew the rug!
Mister...life is swell in a padded cell, I'll chase those blues away...you can trade your gloom for a rubber rom and injections twice a day! Just go loooooony like a acid causality or a moo-oo-nie or a when the human race wears a anxious face, when the bomb hangs overhead, when your kid turns blue, it won't worry you, you can smile and nod instead! When you go loony then you just don't give a fig, mans so pu-uu-uny, and the universe so big...! If you hurt inside, get certified, and if life should treat you bad...don't get ev-ee-even, get mad! It really done any of you any good so why not try madness?
So when you find yourself locked onto an unpleasant train of thought, headed for places in your past where the screaming is this, there's always madness."
Batman paused before he saw his parents being shot by Joe Chill before he grit his teeth." No…nightmares won't get in my way now."
"But its not a nightmare Batman…its history!"
Mister Nobody shouted out as suddenly variations of all the versions of Dr. Thomas Wayne and Martha Wayne appeared around Batman, all getting shot by Joe Chill, the Joker, and others as Mister Nobody yelled out," Your trauma is so deep it vibrates across the Multiverse hero! But no matter how hard you try that pain's something you can never escape from!"
Terry ran up, only to see his father being killed in a circus before he shouted out in pain.
Tyson saw Daredevil, Scarlet-Spiderman, Calvin, Captain America, the Green Lanterns, Wolverine, and others all seeing nightmares that were becoming reality before his own aura flared up." The hell with this crap! You can't throw off the scent with illusions you piece of, huh?"
To the Black Panther's shock he saw bursts of black liquid burst out, before taking the shape of various Black Panthers. One looking like T'Challa before the older Black Panther pointed his finger at Tyson." You failed Wakanda and let all your people die! You're a disgrace who can only atone with death!"
Tyson narrowed his eyes before spitting out," This lame ass joke was old yesterday asshole! Let's go!"
Doctor Who saw Tyson fight the other Black Panthers before she looked around." Damn it…the illusion's are getting more and more powerful. I have to, AHH!"
Beams collided into the black woman and blasted her into the ground. She saw the attackers came from many archaic grey robots that all shouted," You will be upgraded. Upgrading is compulsory."
The Doctor grasped her chest before rolling her eyes." Cybermen…that's all? That's just the tip of the surface of what I, huh?."
Chains suddenly burst up to grasp her before Missy giggled and floated down." Oh that's not the nightmare Doctor, just the start! Look at them! My boys."
Missy unpinned her hat and puts it on the ground at a Cyberman's feet before she makes a dramatic gesture." Photos with the big metal men, one pound. But seriously this is true endgame for our ranks. Living or dead you are going to be recruits. The Joker wanted to do it with his special gas but I'm looking for something more...everlasting.
Do you know the key strategic weakness of the human race? The dead outnumber the living. The dead are coming home, Doctor. All shiny and new.
In twenty four hours the human race as you know it will cease to exist as this silly never ending " Good war" ends how it always should have, with the true Master race getting what they deserve. I do think I'll earn that promotion into the high table of the Infinite Victory & Conquest at this point eh " Fam?"
I can hear it now. Hey, Missy, you're so fine, you're so fine you blow my mind. Would a countdown help you focus at all? Ten. Don't be scared yet, cos I'm still in double figures. Nine. Well, no, of course you're not, cos you know you're dying anyway. Eight. Human beings are born dying.
Your life spans are hilarious. Seven. You know from the minute you slop out, you're rotting, decaying. The stench of you. Phew. I'm never going to get this place clean. Three. I'm accelerating for dramatic effect eh? "
Doctor Who struggled to break out before spitting out a bitter," Damn you…you know you won't be able to assimilate us that easily! What is your real plan out of this?"
"Oh, you really want to know? Ask me! Come on, you know you want to. You want to know what my plan is. You'll be surprised. I've got a gift for you. You know, I've been up and down your timeline, meeting all those silly people who died to keep you alive. And you know what I worked out? What you really need! !
Look at Mummy dear because this is important. Raise your arms. Lower your arms. Raise your right. Lower your right. Turn on the spot. There are exits at the front and rear of the aircraft. Please follow the lights up the aisle.
You see, Doctor? The power to slaughter whole worlds at a time, then make them do a safety briefing. Everyone who ever lived, man, woman and child, is now at my command. An indestructible army to rage across the universe. The more they kill, the more they recruit. Happy birthday. Oh! You didn't know, did you? It's lucky one of us remembers these things. Happy birthday!
"All of this. All of it, just to give me an army?"
Well, I don't need one, do I? Armies are for people who think they're right. And nobody thinks they're righter than you. Give a good man firepower, and he'll never run out of people to kill.
"I don't want an army!"
"Well, that's the trouble! Yes, you do! You've always wanted one! All those people suffering in the Dalek camps? Now you can save them. All those bad guys winning all the wars? Go and get the good guys back.
"Nobody can have that power."
"You will, because you don't have a choice. There's only way you can stop these clouds from opening up and killing all your little pets down here. Conquer the universe and show a bad girl how it's done.
"Why are you doing this? You never let anyone else be your Master."
"I know but its mostly to set things right in this and every universe. I need you to know we're not so different. I need my friend back. Every battle, every war, every invasion. From now on, you decide the outcome. What's the matter, Doctor? Don't you trust yourself?"
"No. I just When does all this stop for you? The games, the betrayals, the killing?"
"Why would I stop? I'm just getting started! You don't think I can convert your new allies? I been practicing on super tools, just look!"
She snapped her fingers before a dozen new Cybermen flew up around her. The Doctor looked shocked as she saw they had large, silver Time Lord headdresses, with Gallifreyan symbols on the sides and the outer layer of their face-plates, in place of a pair of side handles.
They had faceplates that also featured "tear-drop" eye-pods that angled vertically, rather than diagonally, and their mouth slits were grated frowns rather than a solid line. Each of these Cybermen wore a long, black robe with Gallifreyan symbols etched down the inner front sleeves.
The Doctor widened her eyes before muttering," You tried to clone the Time Lords?"
"Not cloned…converted!" Missy proclaimed." See before this I took a trip home, to Gallifrey, hiding in its little bubble universe. Not sure how to describe what I found. Pulverised? Burned? Nuked? All of the above. Someone destroyed it. Our home, razed to the ground. Everyone killed. Everything burned, at the hands of Mr-V Day. He and I had a little chat and he helped me learn the truth, and when I did, I finished them off.
I had to make them pay for what I discovered. They lied to us, the founding fathers of Gallifrey. Everything we were told was a lie. We are not who we think, you or I. The whole existence of our species built on the lie of the Timeless Child! See, I may not be a team player but what united me and the rest of the " Alpha males here" is that the one thing stronger than their hatred for each other... is their hatred for you. Just took a little handsome genius to point it out to them.
What unites us is stronger than what divides us. I mean, that's very you, that, isn't it? You love a team, don't you? Letting every Tom, Dick and Harriet into your Tardis. Well, you have your fam. Now, I have mine.
I made those insolent boors be bound to me as I made them the CyberMasters. So, if I can convert them, I think I'll break your new pals in very well enough. The Earth will become a foundry for the IV as I make sure to tarnish the name of the Doctor. I'm going to make the Doctor a byword for fear, pain and destruction, so when people hear that name in future, they quake in fear.
And it will be a blast so just give in!"
The Cyber Masters had rods come out to try and paralyze the Doctor before she screamed in pain. Missy saw that Cassandra was making Mike scream more, and Mister Nobody seemed to have everyone else be paralyzed and consumed by their living nightmares before she smirked." Took a hell of a time getting to this point…but today's the day where I put you in your place…forever."
As the Doctor was losing ground, Mark and some of the others charged at Missy before" Invincible yelled out," No...you can make a army of tin cans but we will just break them down!"
Missy smirked before retorting with," What about " Super tin cans?" Care to show who the superior creation is Henry "Hank" Henshaw?"
A man that looked like Superman with half his face being a robot burst out of the ground and punched Mark and Chole into the air before the Cyborg Superman narrowed his eyes." Emotions have tormented you all of your life. Now you will be set free. This is your liberation!
Mike saw his friends struggle to up with the pace of the Cyber Kryptonians from the cyborg Man of steel, and everyone else was struggling before he pushed himself harder." No…can't let everyone down."
"Hush child." The bald woman replied." You're letting them down by resisting. Don't you see that you're at last going to really help your dear old parents?"
Mike saw another flash of light before he blinked, and saw he was on a balcony, with his parents and the rest of his family. He saw his mother, Lacus smiling at him before his mother flicked her hair back." There you are Mike, just in time. Are you ready?"
The curly haired man blinked a few times before uttering," Ready…for what?"
"Oh man, he's even more anxious than I was when it was time Lacus."
Mike blinked to see Ben walking up before Richard walked up and laughed." Well trust me man, you can't run away from your own wedding or everything's just getting worst! Just do it and you will feel better man."
Mike looked around and saw Tyson give a thumbs up before he blinked a few times." Wait…wedding?"
"That's right dear." Lacus replied." After everything, its all at last worked out. Its ok, you can relax now."
Mike looked around before he uttered," So…I did it?"
"Yes dear…it was hard but you made us proud."
"I…I did it…I pulled it off."
Cassandra saw Mike's resolve before she narrowed her eyes." That's the ticket. Just one more push, and your mind! Huh?"
The bald woman prepared to take over Mike's mind entirely, till she found herself in a hallway. As she looked around a gruff voice uttered." Don't get to excited babe…your sure as hell not on the list to get in here."
The bald woman swerved around to see Max casually sitting on the pillar behind her. Max cracked his neck before he flashed a Devil May Care grin." I'm a man who loves his parties but this gig's being shut down now. As much as I would love a woman's company, this is seriously reservation only."
Cassandra raised her eyebrows as she looked at Max intently." Your…a mind inside his mind?"
"More like his soul dame." Max replied as he landed on the ground." "A true man doesn't die even if he's killed! Besides…I can't do much…but in this state…with all that's left…I'm not letting my cousin and my nephew down again and your sure as hell not putting Mike through what your boss did to me!"
"You think an echo like you has any say?"
"Like hell I do! Because this space is a realm of souls! And my soul…does not fold over for hacks like you! With a man's soul and a strong back, go beyond the impossible and kick reason to the curb! WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK I AM! BUSTER WOLF!"
Cassandra tried to crush Max, but his soul plowed through the wave she sent and punched her right in the face. She felt several teeth break before she yelled in pain, and saw she was knocked back. She blinked and saw she was out of Mike's mind, and saw that her nose was bleeding.
She saw that the Bancho Adolla Fangs were glowing before her eye twitched." That weapon of yours is protecting you with a shield of sorts? Think I'm a amateur? I'll just be more forceful and we will rebuild your mind later. You don't know, GUH!"
While she was about to try even harder to break Mike's mind, she was caught off as she was shot in the face. As she grasped her jaw she turned around and saw that Bugsy shot her from below.
The counterpart to Ben Auro had hidden when the fighting had started, so Cassandra and Mister Nobody did not even pay attention to him. As all the agents of the IV looked at the gangster with various levels of fury Bugy's eye twitched." You assholes…I did everything you all asked my entire life! And the only thanks I get is to be thrown out like trash? To hell with all of you!"
Cassandra licked her lips before reacting with a livid," Really not in the mood for bugs throwing temper tantrums you worthless eye sore. Your even more of a nobody then Mr. Nobody here " bug." Did you just want to say you at least died like a man? That moment of pride will cost you an eternity because your going to suffer so bad that even the Doctor here won't be able to patch you up. After all you all met your match."
She was about to crush Mike before a cold male voice uttered," Maybe that Doctor was trumped by you, but not this one.
Photon Array!"
Everyone saw a flicker of light, before a rainstorm of yellow energy beams rained down to barrage everyone, blasting all the enemies back.
As Cassandra got up she saw Doctor Doom casually walk in. The much more harsher doctor saw everyone glare at him before he flicked his cape back as Missy snickered." Sorry we don't need a second Doctor here."
Doom narrowed his eyes before retorting with a cold," Doom is no man's second choice woman. Heroics is not my most preferred action but, you drug the stinking carcass of your failure to my front door…and I find your stench revolting. Now those who believe they can manufacture doom shall face Doom himself. For Doom needs no " Master" to see his vision through, only Doom has the power and vision for the supreme reign!"
Calvin recovered enough to see Doom before he winced." Victor…you followed us here?"
"I brought some reinforcements Calvin." Doctor Multiverse replied as she flew up to her fellow member of the Justice League Incarnate." After we established a connection it was clear that back up might be required."
The Joker was about to say something till he heard a buzz sound and saw a blade of light appearing right in front of his face before a voice said," Hello there."
And the pale man saw Kenobi, with his light saber at the clown's face. Qui Gon Jin and Anakin Skywalker also ran up before Doom grasped his fist tightly." Doom has…personal reasons for coming here and has no time for the game of clowns."
Cassandra saw Doom's confidence before she giggled." Oh you're a confident one eh? Well let's see just why you are so, AHH!"
She tried to invade Doom's mind only for a surge of energy to rippled out of his armor and cause her to scream in pain. Doom grasped his hand tightly before energy crackled around it." You deluded yourself to thinking you are bigger than you are scum. You are nothing to Doom. And your pathetic attempts to play mind games with me amount to exactly less than nothing. Doom's mind has already touched the edge of the cosmos, my will is far to beyond the likes of you! So please, stop embarrassing yourself.
Sphere Flame!"
Doom promptly fired a larger yellow energy sphere at Cassandra Nova. The deranged sister of Charles realized too late she could not repel it before she was blasted to the ground.
Mr. Nobody saw Doom before he chucked." So, you're another guy who does the major prep time eh? You sure would fit in well with the Doom Patrol, but this is beyond such petty things man. We are Beyond. Dreamers. Destroyers. All of reality our whim. Who dares stand before us?"
"I. DOOM. Doom does not patrol, he purges! Doom has decided your all…distasteful. Fools. I am Doom the Destroyer. I have broken worlds to taunt you. I have shattered universes to mock you. I have taken what is yours and made it mine. Face me at your own peril, if you dare face me at all."
The entire area started to shake before 's eyes glowed." And they say I have an ego eh? This is not your " turf" " Doctor".
The White Space is the area where there is no story. The White Space exists where content doesn't. It's the space on this page between the panels.
And in this realm, I am god."
Doom felt pressure against his armor as he was smashed into the ground before he grasped his hand tightly." Doom has quelled many others who vowed they were gods and devils who were far more composed than you. If you think you know Doom, then you will face true doom."
"Oh I know all of you "Doom types." Look at the Doom patrol here as I made them relive there nightmares eh?"
He pointed to Negative Man and shrugged." This was the day of Larry's big flight.
The day his body would become a charred Airbnb for the being from Planet Dickhead.
Meanwhile Rita was about to stumble into the drink, and become forever locked in her own Battle of the Bulge.
Our girl Jane was due to get a spike in the neck that would make all of the monsters inside her that much more destructive.
And Cliffy was about to turn his T-top and his wife into a convertible!"
Cliff yelled out before trying to stagger out as he shouted out," You think you're a better guy when you're the one torturing everyone you asshole?"
"But I am. You're the ones that barged into my home. I should be telling you to drop dead, but instead I'm going to offer you the greatest deal of your pitiful lives. What if you could have your old lives back, minus the horrific tragedies that destroyed you? I'm not kidding, Cliff. No one has to die. Just think about it. You can have it all back.
All of the glory and glamour. Your life could be whatever you want, however you want.
Wouldn't it be nice, Jane, if you could mitigate even some of the damage those nightmares inside of you have caused?
I can make all of that go away. And you know the only thing I ask? You just have to stay nice and cozy right where you are."
Tyson grasped his fist before uttering," Way too many people are counting on us to sell them out for an offer like that!"
"But that's the thing." replied. "That's the beautiful part. You don't worry about them because if you stay here in this memory, you won't ever meet those people. They will cease to exist in your world and fade from your memories."
Jane grasped her head before snarling out," We aren't the same team you dealt with back in the donkey, you know. We're stronger now. We've all been working very hard on ourselves."
"Work? You've sat around in a circle and whined like a C-team Breakfast Club.
Cliff stole a watch from an alligator.
Mr. Electricity here finally came out of the closet at the tender age of a century old.
Jane crawled as deep into herself as she could and almost committed mind su1c1de.
You call that work? Please. I mean you're still trying to resist? Look at these nimrods. I handed them the happy ending they wasted decades pining for.
And what did they do? Now your lost and alone with nothing but my narration to keep you company. Forever!"
"You think you can keep us down eh? Real you looks like a damn dweeb to me." Cliff retorted, which caused Mister Nobody to look at himself and grasp his hands." Still won't accept reality eh? I suppose this is hardly appropriate for the big, boring punch 'em up climax. Is this better?"
He grew and formed demonic wings before lighting bolts crashed down around him." Now, who wants to get ripped apart first?"
Jane 's face twitched before she uttered," And why do you want to fight?"
Mister Nobody eyed Jane before he narrowed his eyes." Dr. Harrison is it? We have enough doctors here already."
"Deflect all you want but you feel impotent and so this is who you turn into? What are you overcompensating for?"
"I'm not overcompensating."
"Please. this form. This phony darkness. This childish display of sinister power."
"That's ridiculous. A, I am sinister and dark. B, I'm powerful enough to control this entire universe if not for the fact that micromanaging countless worthless peons was not such a pain in the ass."
Tyson looked around before he shrugged." Can someone tell me what the hell is going on?"
"Simple" Jane in her other personality explained." We are witnessing someone with
a classic delusional personality. Most likely caused by a lifelong sense of inferiority. You claim you can control this entire territory, yet, I was easily able to wrest control by providing my own narration."
"You got lucky."
"Or maybe the source of your problem is a woman."
"That is not..."
"You're just a nobody. And that's what you'll always be."
That statement came from a woman dressed in a blue dress and a red hat that suddenly appeared next to. His eye twitched as he looked at the new arrival before his eyes narrowed." Millie? How are you doing this?"
"You created her because you were thinking of her." Jane replied.
Rita raised an eyebrow before replying with," You're doing all this because you were dumped?"
Cliff snorted before shrugging." I get it. Standard stuff."
Negative Man nodded before adding," Basic."
Mister Nobody snickered before his eyes glowed." I am not basic."
"You don't want to be." Jane replied." You want to be original. Despite all the sarcastic comments and judgments...you're sad like us. Those you were twisted before we were twisted."
Mister Nobody had his eye twitch before he hissed out," Maybe. Except now, I have power. And it's time to submit or die."
Cliff shrugged before he looked around." I don't want to fight."
"What?"
"I don't know. I feel kind of bad now that I know you."
"This is not right. You are not going to pity me any longer. Fight or don't. But I am going to...huh?"
Qui-Gon Jin walked up before making a hand gesture." In the end you don't really want to fight us, you want to go rethink your life."
Mister Nobody blinked before muttering," I...don't really want to fight I want to go home and rethink my, wait, what? NO!"
As the crazed man got even more erratic, at this moment Mike recovered from Cassandra messing with his mind and started to unleash his power. As he formed angel wings he glared at Mr Nobody." Are memories are not just a game damn it! Divine Nova Liquidation Concassé!"
In less than a second Mike kicked right through Mister Nobody. But while he shattered…his floating head bounced off part of Arkham Asylum and he rolled his eye." Do you have any idea how much that stings?
This is getting tedious, but the The moral is basically there is no beating me. Not now. Not ever. But you can be free of me. That's not so bad, right? Just, huh?"
He was about to attack Mike, till Doctor Doom suddenly grasped his head. The masked man glared at the fragmented enemy before declaring," Doom never accepts the judgment of inferiors scum. "
Mister Nobody blinked and saw that Doom was still in the distance before he winced." There are two of you?"
"Nonsense…the decoy is a Doom bot to divert attention while I assessed you, and that assessment is complete."
"Give it your best shot but you can't hurt me."
"Maybe not now. But for all your power, you're still a linear being that is constrained, restricted to your own sequential timeline."
"Wait you think your my equal?"
"No…far beyond that…for Doom is using you as the test for his real target…begone!"
Doom's hand glowed red before he had a red sphere from around . His target started to wince before uttering," Hahaha…that tickles. Did you really think that, huh? AHH!"
Mister Nobody saw the ground beneath him glow before a pillar of energy erupted from the ground to consume him. As the whole" White Space" shattered Doom sneered." You're not a god, just a buffoon that was exposed to an energy source.
This is something Doom knows all to well…thus Doom knows how to fracture said beings. Its even easier when their mental fortitude is as weak as yours."
Mike saw Doom's machine seemed to be doing the trick before he let out an anxious chuckle." Glad he's on are side…have enough tyrants to topple as it is."
Missy saw her ally start to crack before she licked her lips." Got a cheeky one eh? Well Doom…you can prep all you want but you still are not as smart as a timelord."
The Cyber-Masters were about to fire on Doom, only for Doom to glance at them and he summoned a cascade of rocks, which surround him in a tornado-like fashion and act as a shield.
As his attacks were intercepted Doom narrowed his eyes." Don't think that age amounts to wisdom harlot."
Before she could respond the Doctor snickered." She's got you there. After all how many years have you been making the same mistakes now?"
Missy had her eye twitch before she pointed her umbrella at the other Timelord." Says the one who's regenerated more than me. You think you will come back as a ginger next time if there is anything left to get out of? I'm getting that bell noise in my ears again because of you."
"You you should know by now. When you're winning, and I'm in the room, you're missing something. I don't have to move if someone else does."
As Missy raised an eyebrow the doctor clapped her hands before a wrench came out of her sleeve and rotated a switch to deactivate the barrier.
A purple Kunai flew by, and the Doctor grasped it. In a second she switched places with Tyson. Just as Missy realized what happened the Black Panther narrowed his eyes." Grow back from this lady!
Rinzen Rasengan: "Uzuhiko"!"
The ruler of Wakanda unleashed his projectile, and at full power while the Cyborg Superman tried to intercept the beam, it went right through him.
Missy saw the projectile exploded into erupting into a swirling vortex of raw magical energy. As the Cyber-Masters also got caught in it, the Doctor snickered." So... it was just the genetic material you put into them, was it? Maybe you should have included the brains. Next time, check for signs of a hologram. Schoolboy error. But then you were a rubbish schoolboy, too. If it fooled you, it will fool the Cybermen. They're robots, but they've got monkey brains. You can always fool a monkey brain with a little bit of theater.
Look I'm very likely going to be dead in a few hours, so before I go, let's have this out, you and me, once and for all. Winning? Is that what you think it's about? I'm not trying to win. I'm not doing this because I want to beat someone, or because I hate someone, or because, because I want to blame someone. It's not because it's fun and God knows it's not because it's easy. It's not even because it works, because it hardly ever does.
I do what I do, because it's right! Because it's decent! And above all, it's kind. It's just that. Just kind. If I run away today, good people will die. If I stand and fight, some of them might live. Maybe not many, maybe not for long. Hey, you know, maybe there's no point in any of this at all, but it's the best I can do, so I'm going to do it. And I will stand here doing it till it kills me. You're going to die too, some day. How will that be? Have you thought about it? What would you die for? Who I am is where I stand. Where I stand, is where I fall. Stand with me. These people are terrified. Maybe we can help, a little. Why not, just at the end, just be kind? Missy. Missy. You've changed. I know you have. And I know what you're capable of. Stand with me. It's all I've ever wanted.
"Me too. But no. Sorry. Just, no. But thanks for trying."
"She flipped her parasol but Doctor Who fired her Sonic Screwdriver at her, the blast blew her into the air before a explosion erupted. When the light faded Doctor Who did not see anything and just sighed.
As she did, Mike looked around before he took a deep breath." That was one hell of a curveball but…looks like we are turning things around."
The Joker saw how things were looking before he snickered." Ah well…don't count on a nobody to wrap up a show."
Batman and some of the others started to surround the Joker as the Batman from the same universe as the Joker cleared his throat." Its over Joker…whatever you thought your allies could help you with they failed to break us!"
The Joker snickered as he wiped some blood off his face." Why do I need to break you when I already know everything there is to know? Bruce Wayne…Barbara Gordon…Jason Todd…Dick Greyson and…honestly all the other members you added to your family might as well be filler but you get where I am going at?"
"Then what do you want with all these counterparts of yours? What's the punchline here?"
The Joker saw most of the other Jokers were either dead or moaning in pain before he looked even more crazed." Oh, this is not a joke, Batman. There's no final twist. Not until I decide to put my hand on the knife in your heart.
What do I want? Well not what those other clowns wanted. Yes, the" clown, all he wanted was to laugh at the suffering of others…how…common. The criminal? That old man was so delusional. This whole big idea of his of creating a better Joker…well, that was lunacy now was it not?
A defined Joker? One with a name? An identity? Why, that ruins the very definition of me. The others had some funny ideas but they were wrong. I am chaos, I am the devil, I am nothing to you and everything. If isn't the Joker that is broken, it's the Batman!
So come on, Well, what are you waiting for? Kick the hell out of me and get your standing ovation. Come on!"
"No, not this time. I don't want to hurt you. I don't want either of us to end up killing the other. But we're running out of alternatives. Perhaps it all hinges on tonight. I don't know what it was that bent your life out of shape, but maybe I've been there, too. Maybe we could work together. I could rehabilitate you. You don't need to be alone. We don't have to kill each other. Let me help you."
"And they say I'm crazy! I am taking part in war crimes and seen thousands to there deaths just today and personally tied up people you knew as demented holiday ornaments and you still don't want to kill me? We are in the middle of the mother of all wars, and you still think you have time to play the hero?"
"Yes…because the easy way is what you want."
"And you think you can get me to say I'm sorry? I'm sorry, but no. No, it's far too late for that.
Still…it does remind me of a funny joke. You know, it's funny. This reminds me of a joke.
See, there were two guys locked in a lunatic asylum and one night, one night they decided they didn't like that anymore. They decided to escape. So, they made it up to the roof and there, just across this narrow gap, they see rooftops, stretching across town, stretching to freedom.
Now, the first guy, he jumps right across, no problem. But his friend, heh, no way, he's afraid of falling. So, the first guy, he has an idea. He says," Hey, I got this flashlight with me." I'll shine it across the gap between the buildings" and you can walk across the beam and join me." But the second guy says, "What do you think I am, crazy? "You'll just turn it off when I'm halfway across." I don't care about this war, but I do care about never giving up, till I make you see what the punchline to Batman is!"
Before anyone could react a sinister laugh cut everyone off before following up with," Oh don't worry about that, the answer to that is me."
Everyone saw a pillar of darkness burst up before the Batman Who Laughs appeared. The Joker saw the new arrival before he raised a eyebrow." Huh? Which one of you other Joker's got into a Batsuit? The joke's not funny!"
"Oh Joker…your funny in the way a kid finds his grandpa's outdated humor funny. I'm not you in a Batsuit…I'm something better. You were just the set up for me Joker, the ultimate punchline. Drink it in Joker…perfection. And I'll prove it…by finishing what you cannot."
Mike winced as he saw how casual the Batman from the Negaverse looked." Wait…is that the same guy from Corneria? Oh hell he's still alive!"
The Batman Who Laugh's grin just got wider before he looked around." If you thought that was my end…you're an even bigger joke then I thought. So this is where you went after just escaping eh Michale Auro? NOW all the pieces are coming together. Your either here by pure chance, or you somehow think this can defy are endgame. Well, I suppose the Master can beat the truth out of you but I'll have someone warm you up till he arrives."
The Joker had his eye twitch before he muttered," This Joke's really not funny. You think Batman in a goth suit is the ultimate me? Are tastes…clearly don't match faker. No…your wrong."
Batman sighed before responding with," For once I can agree with you Joker. I'd die before I would forsake Gotham and become what you are."
"Oh…but see I did die Bruce…and became reborn so I could properly help Gotham! I reshaped Gotham to its ultimate form…and that's not just being theoretical, right Castle Bat?"
As he snapped his fingers the ground started to shake before a deep voice roared out," Yes…master!"
To everyone's shock Arkham City itself combined into a massive monstrous titan made up of the city's buildings before Deadpool moaned." Oh man I got knocked out again?"
"Oh no…the nightmares are real these days." The Batman Who Laughs replied." This is Castle Bat.
This Batman is similar to the prime Batman like all other Dark Multiverse Batmen such as in this case having a son Damian Wayne and all his other allies. In this reality Bruce Wayne has grown old after his many years of crime fighting and so his son Damian Wayne became Batman to keep crime in check. Although it was apparent at one point that Damian couldn't be Batman properly, so Bruce took things into his own hands.
He made a deal with the ancient Native American Bat god by performing a cultist ritual from the 17th century which told of greater rewards being met if sacrificing a one you hold dear.
Since Bruce loved his son Damian… he decided to lure him before then stabbing him to death for the ritual to work. This granted his soul to be merged with Gotham, making him a living city. Using this, he rid Gotham of all its rampant criminals. Albeit causing mass destruction.
He has Unique Physiology, which means that he is made of all the materials made from the county that he merged with via ritual. In addition he has Shapeshifting, which allows him to mold himself into whatever he desires as seen with Castle Bat's Batman avatar. He shawl keep you busy while I make a very precise "Bat signal" ."
Calvin saw Castle Bat roar before he narrowed his eyes." No…we can't lose to a monster like this! Its time for, huh?"
He attempted to punch the Batman made of a city, only for Castle Bat to raise its right middle finger and shoot out a giant chain. As the chain bound the Superman from another universe it growled out," You may be Superman, but the red sun particles in that chain will bind you, courtesy of Gotham's Astrophysics Lab, Circa 1901."
The Batman Who Laughs made a mocking bow as he uttered," See I'm the Batman who properly molded Gotham into what it should have been all alone, the ultimate weapon to put down scum. So…enjoy the opening act, the finale's going to be a scream."
Hugo Strange struggled to get up as he raised his hand at the Batman loyal to the IV ." Wait… take me with you! I, want to see the new, GUAH!"
He was shot, not by Batman Who Laughs, but Ra's al Ghul. The leader of the League of Assassins and Admiral of the Hydra Empire looked at Strange with disgust." Your part in this is over Professor Strange. You failed to see this vision through…and those who can't perform have no place in the new era."
The Green Goblin had hidden while the others fought, but he flew back up before he smirked." He's right…now only the truly profitable tools have any use."
He fired a missile at Doctor Doom, who casually bat the pumpkin shaped bomb aside before narrowing his eyes." You really think your my equal Osborn? Enough!"
Doom had the blast go back to its sender, and while the Green Goblin crashed to the ground, his face suddenly changed to that of a bald white man.
As Doom raised a eyebrow, what appeared to be a real Osborn came out from the other side and retrieved before Doom could destroy him before the Green Goblin's grin widened." You may have your Doom bots but the Chameleon owns me a favor! I may not be able to invent the things you can Doom…but the superior man is not always the one with the higher IQ…but the best business sense! You picked the wrong side."
As he also retrieved the unconscious Cassandra Nova he snickered." And now these tools will be molded to the shape that will make things, most productive."
Doom tried to attack only for Castle Bat to intercept him. Some of the others like Fisk tried to get behind Castle Bat as the Kingpin uttered," Damn it, we did what we were asked, we deserve to be picked up to!"
Osborn snickered before retorting with a dark," The joke's on you Fisk…there is no place for Kingpins of crime in the new era.
There is no need to game the system and hide when you can just have the power to make the law what you say it is! In the end White Collar criminals are the only true winners, because they don't cheat the system, they are the system! And those with power make the rules do they not?"
Ra nodded before adding," Its time for Protocol…or more like order 666."
Castile Bat glowed, before guns formed out of its very long limbs and it started firing everywhere.
Doom eyed the giant before he grasped his fist." It would appear this eyesore of a minion is about to blow himself up. Doom will endure but most of you won't live through a explosion of that magnitude."
Bugsy saw Fisk, Hugo Strange, and many of the other get shot to pieces in moments before he winced." God damn it…my life was just a giant joke the whole time!"
Just as a bullet was about to hit him, Mike flash stepped in front of the man that looked like his dad and blocked the strike. He saw Bugy's shock and grit his teeth." No…even if its not the same…this time…I'm not letting people die!"
The Batman Who Laughs snickered before he waved his hands." That desperation is going to be a laugh, when everything you have left dies "Hero".
He and the Green Goblin walked into the portal, and Castile Bat fired even more missiles to prevent the two from being followed. Tyson saw this and had his aura flare up with enough force to cause all of Arkham Asylum to crack." To hell with this we busted down bigger things this this super glue eyesore!"
Calvin widened his eyes before he put out his hand." Maybe, but don't forget this thing was a whole city, and the people are still inside it!"
The Joker let out a crazed laugh as he leaned back." Being tortured to the end eh? It really is all one sick joke."
Castle Bat started to glow before Mike winced." Well if we don't do anything then everyone dies damn it!"
Tyson narrowed his eyes before cracking his neck." Its cool guys…I got this."
Mike saw his childhood friend's confidence before he raised a eyebrow." You sure man? "
"Hell yah Mike. You still have not seen all the stuff I could do since I got the Tri-Force of Power…just trust me."
"Alright Tyson, go for it."
Tyson had his Truth Seeker Orbs fly around the massive enemy and had them all freeze in midair before he made a hand gesture." All I have to do is focus on all the souls in there. No matter how tight we are on time…I'm not letting anyone enslaved behind! Flying Thunder God Mutually Instantaneous Revolving Technique!"
Tyson had his aura burst up as he had the symbol of the Tri-Force appear below his target.
The Black Panther them moved at full speed, and in a matter of seconds warped all the captives out of the giant made out of buildings. Mike smirked before he had his own aura flare up." Nice man! Alright…I know the plan was to sneak in but if that's out the window then might as well go all the way! We did not come hear to run, but to fight damn it! Hey guys, which was is that tower is with the energy wall?"
Doctor Who paused before she shrugged." More to the right mate."
"Alright then…Tyson just need you to follow up my hit man!"
"Go for it!"
Mike had his energy erupt as he narrowed his eyes." This…this is the legacy you left me dad…I'm not running away from it!
Radiant…Shinryukenha!"
The son of Ben and Lacus fired a massive energy beam that collided right into Castle Bat. The blast smashed the twisted fusion of a corrupt Batman and Arkham City into the sky. As it was blasted into the atmosphere Tyson warped behind it while yelling out," You jackasses can take your gift back!
Light Grenade!"
The man in panther armor fired his own projectile to blast the giant enemy back down to earth, right in the direction of Washington DC. The blast then collided into the energy barrier, and exploded…vaporizing Castle Bat and the energy wall around it.
Uncle Sam looked in the distance before he widened his eyes." What in sam hill did you guys just do?"
Doctor Who waved her Sonic Screwdriver around before she smirked." Nice work…that sent there "Aryan Wall " around the target to collapse."
Mark winced before the current leader of the Viltrumite race looked around." But that freak totally is going to tell everyone we are here guys!"
Doctor Who took a deep breath before retorting with," We came prepared for this…I'll have my TARDIS unleash a jamming beacon around this region of space. It won't last forever…but if we move fast we should be able to get the job done. After all…we are only here for one thing at this point really."
Mike nodded before he looked at the ruins around him." Got that right. Sounds like this was just the start of what they had planned…so at this point we might as well jump them before they are ready for the" Next act." Can't afford to fall into another trap but, don't have time to wait around either!"
Joker saw everyone looking outside the Asylum before he let out a pained chuckle." You do gooders are not even going to bail out your super pals? Wow you really are running it tight eh?"
Batman raised an eyebrow before he cracked his knuckle." What" super friends?" We have no time for your games anymore Joker!"
"Hey my game's busted so this is the truth! I mean even I thought you were hear because you were going to bail out all the Kryptonians we were torturing below!"
Calivin widened his eyes before blurting out," Superman…er…another Superman is hear?"
As the black man used his X-Ray vision Joker snickered." Not him but his family from all over the Multiverse. Lex and pumpkin head wanted to do some tests and all. and Lexy always gets touchy with me getting near any stuff Superman related since that's " his turf." Heh…want the key so they don't blow up?"
Batman saw the Joker slide out a key before he took a deep breath." Joker I swear if this is a trick I."
"Oh no this is no trick Batsy. They tried to throw me out for their new model! I never trusted anyone of course but they dared to think they could build a better Joker, that I was so easily outdated! That's the last joker they are ever telling, I'd rather work with you all then let them get the last laugh on me!"
Doctor Who and John Stewart scanned the card before nodding, before Captain American shrugged." Well…we do need any thing we can get."
Calvin nodded and ripped open a building to reveal many people locked up in " S" shaped tanks. Mike saw some names including " Kara Zor-El" " Seg-El" "Conner Kent" Tal-Rho" and a few others before Mike winced." Damn it…they really are treating everyone like cattle, or worst. What the hell are they planning?"
Joker saw everyone was looking at him before he snickered." You think they are doing all this to steal cupcakes? They would not tell me about it but if you have all those big shots trying to out mad scientist each other I'm sure it's going to bee a blast."
Mike took a deep breath as the others started to try and free the captured Kryptonians before he looked at the others." Well…get ready for the worst of the worst people. Guess this is all about gambling that humanity's best can still overcome the worst they have to offer."
As everyone braced themselves for things to only get more intense, despite their dread the enemies still ahead were plotting things even more brutal than the " Freedom Fighters" were expecting.
Cassandra Nova and were both groaning in pain when they landed on the other side of the portal, and the twin sister of Charles Xaiver yelled in rage before she coughed a bit," That masked freak…I'm going to make him pay…once I get over this damn headache!"
Mr. Nobody yelled in pain as he tried to put his body together." I think…that Doctor put something in me! Can't feel anything! Take it out!"
Osborn snickered before responding with," You're both acting like children, even my son Harry had more composure than this. We can fix you, just take your damn shot."
The two nodded as Osborn snapped his fingers, and two machine arms slithered out of the wall and quickly jabbed them with needles. Cassandra blinked a bit before muttering," I just feel more dizzy you dolt."
"Oh…it just takes a bit. After all…we are fixing the tools not the people. You both proved your powers are wasted on man children…so those powers are going to be given to those who deserve them."
Cassandra and both yelled out in fury before they fell unconscious. The Red Skull, Lex Luthor, the Shredder, one of the Darth Vaders and Palpatine then walked up before the Red Skull muttered," So it is done then?"
Osborn looked at the monitor next to him before a elegant woman with long dark hair, black-rimmed glasses, and a black leather outfit looked at some data and nodded." The process is starting."
"Good work Anastasia Cisarovna." Osborn replied."Now be a good baroness and press the alert if things are off for even a second eh? Thanks to them being weakened in the battle they were not able to react in time. They are both subdued…and we will make sure that it stays that way till Project Gottmorder is completed.
Real power players…do whatever it takes to get what they want. Now the two are madness in a jar, madness that can now be stolen and made are own. They were just children with godly power but, in the hands of professionals such a being can reach new levels of destruction. Layers and textures of suffering, all crafted by the unparalleled imagination of…are Legion of Doom here."
Sidious eyed Osborn carefully before he snickered." Your sure the process can be preformed as planned?"
"There are always things to watch for Further Palpatine, but we have the data on how Professor X and Magneto became Onslaught, and if Cassandra truly is his twin, we can recreate the effects to become a quantum being of nearly unlimited power."
Sidious saw Lex and some of the others eye Normon with suspicious eyes before he chuckled." Good…unlimited power is what the legacy of the Sith always was suppose to amount to. I have, experience with clone bodies…and now I"ll at last get the body I deserve. These rebel scum are indeed resourceful, but soon they and the others will see so very soon…what the price for rebellion is once and for all."
The Red Skull nodded before grasping his fist tightly. "Yes…I will finally see my world achieved—the new master race will tear down this world and draw forth THE REICH ETERNAL!"
Authors Notes: And, we got another intense chapter today so lets get started. Black Lighting and Tobais Whale are based off the ones from the Arrowverse show,
Thea, Laurel and Malcolm Merlyn are based on the versions from the Arrow show.
Blade, Morbius, and Frost are based off of a combo of there movie and cartoon versions.
Alice is from Batwoman, Riddler, Two-Face, Poison Ivy, Professor Pig, King Shark, and Hugo Strange are all based on there versions from Arkham City and Arkham Knight.
Etrigan the Demon is based on the version from the Batman 90's Cartoon.
The versions of Penguin and Harley are from the Batman Caped Crusaders Amazon Show.
For the Joker…well…lets say all of them were in today's chapter, the" Main one" was based off the one from the 90's show with elements of how he was in Scott Snyder's run from the Comic, Castle Bat is also from the Death Metal event.
Also to be clear, at first the Batman of the group is from the Caped Crusaders show, and he's joined by the Batman from Justice Leauge Unlimited...AKA the one voiced by Kevin Conroy.
Leatherhead is from the 2003 version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles along with Hun, while the version of April is forming the Michael Bay films.
Snakeeyes, Stormshadow, and the Baronness are from GI Joe.
Crossbones is from Captain America.
Goliath, Demona, and Coldstone are from the Gargoyles cartoon series.
The "Grey Goblins" are from the "Sins Past" spiderman event.
Pavitr Prabhakar and " Spider-Punk" Are from Enter the Spidervese.
Alistair Alphonso Smythe and Herbert Landonare based on the versions from the 90's Spiderman cartoon.
At the end, the Kara that was captive was from the " Flash" movie, The superboy is the one from the Young Justice Show, Seg-El is from the Krypton show, while Tal-Rho is the one that's Superman's brother in " Superman and Lois". Tried to make the most of the Multiverse again and all that.
Well, I know its another chaotic chapter but hope it got the desired effect. Thanks for the reviews as always, hope you like what you saw enough to leave another one. Sorry for the delay, was on a trip and my new grad semester is starting so, will be a bit busier but will try and not fall behind. Till next time stay golden everyone.
